The Wedding (2000)
The beautiful Tanya returns to her small mining town, after supposedly working as a model in Moscow. She decides to marry her shy school sweetheart Mishka, who now works in the mine. The miners finally receive some pay, but Mishka still ends up with no money to buy his bride a gift, so he seeks the help of his perpetually drunk buddy Garkusha. Mishka's poor working-class family all help to put on a fine wedding with copious amounts of vodka, even though they are suspicious of Tanya's occupation in Moscow, and of her connection with her Mafia ex-boyfriend Borodin.
Director:
Pavel Lungin
Writer:
Pavel Lungin
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Marat Basharov as Mikhail 'Mishka' Krapivin |
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Mariya Mironova as Tanya |
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Andrei Panin as Garkusha |
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Aleksandr Semchev as Borzov |
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Vladimir Simonov as Borodin |
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Mariya Golubkina as Sveta |
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Natalya Kolyakanova as Rimma |
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Oleg Esaulenko as Svetlanov |
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Marina Golub as Cafe Manager |
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Vladimir Kashpur as Mishka's Grandfather |
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Aleksey Panin as Militia Man |
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Galina Petrova as Mishka's Mother |
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Pavel Polmatov as Tolya |
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Nadezhda Markina as Mishka's devout sister |
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Elena Novikova as Zoika |
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Anna Shtukaturova as Young Tania |
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Mikhail Matveev as Krotov |
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Vladimir Episkoposyan as Street Vendor |
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Daniil Belykh as Cook |
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Ilya Rutberg as Kamussidi |
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Igor Nebolsin as |
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Vladimir Salnikov as Mishka's Father |
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Aleksei Mironov as Old Policeman |
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Aleksey Salpanov as Cement Truck Driver |
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Andrey Bronnikov as Orphanage Caretaker |
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Ilham Khanbudagov as |
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Lyudmila Egorova as |
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Aleksandr Robak as Bodyguard |
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Jānis Zariņš as |
| Directing | Pavel Lungin | Director |
| Editing | Sophie Brunet | Editor |
| Writing | Aleksandr Galin | Writer |
| Camera | Aleksandr Burov | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Vladimir Chekasin | Music |
| Art | Ilya Amursky | Production Design |
| Production | Catherine Dussart | Producer |
| Production | Erik Waisberg | Producer |
| Writing | Pavel Lungin | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alina Budnikova | Costume Design |
| Production | Olga Loginova | Casting Director |
| Camera | Boris Zolin | Additional Director of Photography |
| Sound | Alain Curvelier | Sound Director |
| Directing | Alexandr Lungin | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tamara Vladimirtseva | Assistant Director |