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Luna Papa

Luna Papa

1999•1h 43m•6.2/10
DramaComedy

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6.2/10(42)

The unborn child of Mamlakat is telling her story. She is 17, beautiful and vivacious, and dreaming secretly of becoming an actress. She lives with her father and brother in a small village in Central Asia. One night she is seduced by an actor from a travelling troupe, who poses as a friend of Tom Cruise, and gets her pregnant. She tries to abort, but her father and brother become determined to find the seducer, setting in motion a cascade of comic adventures.

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Production

Les Films de L'Observatoire, Prisma Film, VISS, Thomas Koerfer Film, Tajikfilm, Pandora Film, Eurospace, Profit, Novoskop Film, ZDF/Arte, Schweizer Fernsehen DRS, Frenetic Films, Lona Studio, Berliner Filmförderung, Hessische Filmförderung, Filmförderungsanstalt, OFI, Wiener Filmfinanzierungsfonds, Eidgenössisches Department des Innern, Fondazione Monte Cinema Verità, Fonds Sud Cinéma, Ministère de la culture, CNC, Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, La Communauté Urbaine de Strasbourg

Language

RU

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Moritz Bleibtreu

Moritz Bleibtreu

Nasreddin

Chulpan Khamatova

Chulpan Khamatova

Mamlakat

Ato Mukhamedzhanov

Ato Mukhamedzhanov

Safar

Merab Ninidze

Merab Ninidze

Alik

Polina Raykina

Polina Raykina

Khabibula (voice)

Nikolay Fomenko

Nikolay Fomenko

Yassir

Lola Mirzorakhimova

Zube

Sherali Abdulkajsov

Sherali Abdulkajsov

Akbar

Dinmukhamet Akhimov

Dinmukhamet Akhimov

Gynecologist

Azalbek Nazriyev

Azalbek Nazriyev

Alisher Khamrayev

Aleftina Galiyeva

Dancer

Barvina Gulyamova

Dancer

Leila Nikajlova

Dancer

Sofya Amrulina

Dancer

Mukhayo Karimova

Dancer

Evelina Aliyeva

Dancer

Dzhami Khodzhayev

Man in Black

Isomiddin Karimov

Tolib (Club Director)

Aziz Nizomidinov

Selim

Obid Nazarov

Edip

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