The Funeral Party

The Funeral Party

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2006-12-14

Based on the novel by Booker Prize Winner Ludmila Ulitskaya, The Funeral Party is set in August 1991. In a sweltering New York City apartment, a group of Russian émigrés gathers round the deathbed of an artist named Alik, a charismatic character beloved by them all, especially the women who take turns nursing him as he fades from this world. Their reminiscences of the dying man and of their lives in Russia are punctuated by debates and squabbles: Whom did Alik love most? Should he be baptized before he dies, as his alcoholic wife, Nina, desperately wishes, or be reconciled to the faith of his birth by a rabbi who happens to be on hand? And what will be the meaning for them of the Yeltsin putsch, which is happening across the world in their long-lost Moscow but also right before their eyes on CNN?

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Based on the novel by Booker Prize Winner Ludmila Ulitskaya, The Funeral Party is set in August 1991. In a sweltering New York City apartment, a group of Russian émigrés gathers round the deathbed of an artist named Alik, a charismatic character beloved by them all, especially the women who take turns nursing him as he fades from this world. Their reminiscences of the dying man and of their lives in Russia are punctuated by debates and squabbles: Whom did Alik love most? Should he be baptized before he dies, as his alcoholic wife, Nina, desperately wishes, or be reconciled to the faith of his birth by a rabbi who happens to be on hand? And what will be the meaning for them of the Yeltsin putsch, which is happening across the world in their long-lost Moscow but also right before their eyes on CNN?

Released

2006-12-14

Runtime

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Director

Vladimir Fokin

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Drama

Romance

Language

Français

Production

Fora Film

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    Aleksandr Abdulov

    Александр Абдулов
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    Elena Rufanova

    Елена Руфанова
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    Anna Dvorzhetskaya

    Anna Dvorzhetskaya
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    Anna Aleksakhina

    Анна Алексахина
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    Vladimir Kachan

    Владимир Качан
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    Vladimir Eryomin

    Владимир Ерёмин
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    Liya Akhedzhakova

    Лия Ахеджакова
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    Boris Klyuev

    Борис Клюев
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    Aleksey Kolgan

    Алексей Колган
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    Irina Loseva

    Ирина Лосева
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    Claudia Boczar

    Claudia Boczar
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    Yan Tsapnik

    Ян Цапник
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    Polina Fokina

    Полина Фокина
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    Sergey Gabrielyan

    Сергей Габриэлян
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    Anna Gusarova

    Anna Gusarova
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    Dmitriy Lomovskiy

    Dmitriy Lomovskiy
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    Boris Lvovich

    Boris Lvovich
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    Maksim Afanasev

    Maksim Afanasev
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    Mikhail Georgiu

    Mikhail Georgiu
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    Bob Tsimba

    Bob Tsimba
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    Andris Lielais

    Андрис Лиелайс
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    Yelena Kozhukhova

    Елена Кожухова
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    Elena Melnikova

    Elena Melnikova
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    Valeriy Zhakov

    Валерий Жаков
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    Vladimir Maysuradze

    Владимир Майсурадзе
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    Elena Antipova

    Елена Антипова
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    Irina Anokhina

    Irina Anokhina
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    Vadim Rodionov

    Vadim Rodionov
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    Grigoriy Gryaznov

    Grigoriy Gryaznov
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    Yevgeniy Baskakov

    Yevgeniy Baskakov
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    Oleg Korshunov

    Oleg Korshunov
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    Marc C. Cancassi

    Marc C. Cancassi
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    Vladimir Yavorsky

    Владимир Яворский
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    Yevgeni Knyazev

    Евгений Князев