The Aunties (2014)
The action of the story takes place around the Christmas time, when, as usually, the most unbelievable miracles come to life. The story starts with Masha - future doctor and meanwhile an eager student of medical university, her best friend Lilka - a colorful and charismatic young lady who is always in search of man of her life, and Masha's grandfather, Andrei Ivanovich, who is her only relative - a kind but deeply sad amateur painter. The heroes live their ordinary lifes with their worries and laughs until at Christmas Eve they receive a phone call... Three Aunties, who named them self as distant relatives, announce their arrival within an hour. With their arrival the story becomes dashing and somehow magical.
Director: Aleksandr Kananovich
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Yekaterina Vasilyeva as Nadezhda |
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Yola Sanko as Vera |
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Valentina Telichkina as Lyubov |
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Albert Filozov as Andrei Ivanovich |
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Mikhail Efremov as Seller of Oranges |
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Nikita Efremov as Igor |
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Nikolay Efremov as Ivan |
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Tatyana Rudina as Agnessa Leopoldovna |
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Kamil Larin as Plumber |
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Natalya Levina as Masha |
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Yekaterina Volkova as Lilka |
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Ivars Kalnins as Chief |
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Andrei Mozheiko as Sheikh |
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Vitālijs Semjonovs as German |
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Mirdza Martinsone as Klavdiya Petrovna |
| Writing | Alexei Safonov | Writer |
| Sound | Raimonds Pauls | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Luis Enrique Carrión | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Aleksandr Kananovich | Director |
| Editing | Aigars Ceplitis | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ilga Markova | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Olga Pankina | Costume Design |
| Art | Ilya Kutyansky | Production Design |
| Sound | Aleksandrs Vaicahovskis | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emilija Eglite | Makeup Artist |