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Roots

Roots

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 5, 2005

Runtime

1h 43m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

User Score

48%

Original Title

Бедные родственники

Production Companies

ARTE France Cinéma, Canal+, Catherine Dussart Productions, Karo Premiere, ONIX FIlm

Director

Pavel Lungin

Description

Shameless slimeball Eduard "Edik" Letov - clad in an everpresent Hawaiian shirt - puts the sting on alien travelers hoping to connect with their roots, by having local phonies pose as the visitors' long-lost relatives. Complications abound when Letov attempts to pass off an entire village under the guise of a community wiped out during the Second World War. The arrival of a group of trouble-causing misfits, among them mobster Barukh - who wishes to bury his mother's remains, only to discover that someone keeps exhuming them - and the lech Simon - a Canadian with an insatiable fetish for his sexy translator - turn Letov's latest scheme into a veritable cat's cradle.