To Make God Laugh (2006)
Stas, a successful businessman, has his favorite business, his own store, his friends, his wife - everything goes as it should. But one day, He gets on a train, where he is beaten, robbed, and thrown into a roadside ditch. Fortunately, he doesnât die, but ends up in the hospital. His wife Svetlana, sorting through her husband's things, unexpectedly finds pictures of a woman and a girl in a wheelchair. Sveta finds out that this is her husband's first family, from which he left before meeting her, not wanting to bring up a cripple. However, the young woman is not going to refresh her husband's memory - she hopes to establish a relationship with him, which recently gave a serious crack. Nevertheless, Stas feels that the truth is hidden from him... Having revealed all the secrets of his own past, having learned that he was beaten on the tip of a friend, our hero completely rethinks his life. All that remains is to make the right choice...
Director: Vladimir Kharchenko-Kulikovsky
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Olga Pogodina as |
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Sergei Astakhov as |
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Lyudmila Chursina as |
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Maksim Vitorgan as |
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Lyudmila Nilskaya as |
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Andrey Merzlikin as |
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Mariya Astakhova as |
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Oleg Morozov as |
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Alik Gulkhanov as |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alla Kireeva | Costume Design |
| Sound | Yuriy Alyabov | Music |
| Production | Valentin Opalev | Producer |
| Directing | Vladimir Kharchenko-Kulikovsky | Director |
| Writing | Marina Mednikova | Writer |
| Camera | Igor Buryak | Director of Photography |
| Art | David Dadunashvili | Production Design |