2.0The Funeral Party · 2006
The Funeral Party (2006) is a Drama / Romance film directed by Vladimir Fokin, starring Aleksandr Abdulov, Elena Rufanova, Anna Dvorzhetskaya.
DramaRomance
2.0Overview
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?
Cast
Aleksandr Abdulov, Elena Rufanova, Anna Dvorzhetskaya, Anna Aleksakhina, Vladimir Kachan, Vladimir Eryomin, Liya Akhedzhakova, Boris Klyuev
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What is "The Funeral Party" about?
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?
When was "The Funeral Party" released?
The Funeral Party was released in 2006.
Who stars in "The Funeral Party"?
The cast includes Aleksandr Abdulov, Elena Rufanova, Anna Dvorzhetskaya, Anna Aleksakhina.
