Roots

Audience Score
48
Roots
NR 1 hr 43 minDrama, Comedy
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 longlost 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 troublecausing misfits among them mobster Barukh who wishes to bury his mothers remains only to discover that someone keeps exhuming them and the lech Simon a Canadian with an insatiable fetish for his sexy translator turn Letovs latest scheme into a veritable cats cradle

Movie Details

Original Language:Russian
Production Companies:ARTE France Cinéma Canal Catherine Dussart Productions CDP Karo Premiere