FEATURE FILM

Roots

4.9/10
TMDB13 votes
Original: 103 min

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.

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About Roots

Roots (2005) is a film in the comedy, drama genres. Directed by . The cast includes Konstantin Khabensky, Esther Gorintin, Daniil Spivakovskiy, Leonid Kanevsky.

Released
Original language
Runtime
103 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
France, Russia
Production companies
ARTE France Cinéma, Canal+, Catherine Dussart Productions, Karo Premiere, ONIX FIlm
Directors
Writers
Gennadiy Ostrovskiy

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What is Roots about?

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.

Who stars in Roots?

Konstantin Khabensky, Esther Gorintin, Daniil Spivakovskiy, Leonid Kanevsky, Sergey Garmash, Natalya Kolyakanova. See the cast cards above for character names.

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