IRONY OF FAITH: THE SEQUEL
(IRONIA LOSU. KONTYNUACJA)



2007, 115 min., Russia
Russian with English subtitles

REZYSERIA:
Timur Bekmambetov
SCRIPT:
Timur Bekmambetov, Emil Braginsky, Eldar Ryazanov
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Alexey Solodov, Klaus Fuxjager
ART DIRECTION:
Valerij Viktorov, Muchtar Mirzakev, Nikolai Riacev
MUSIC:
Yuri Poteyenko, Michael Tariverdiev
EDITING:
Dmitri Kiselev, Ilya Lebedev
SOUND:
Anton Balaban, Vasiliy Filatov, Vladimir Pryamov
PRODUCED BY:
Bazelevs Production, Channel One Russia
PRODUCERS:
Timur Bekmambetov, Anatoli Maksimov

CAST:
Konstantin Khabensky (Kostya Lukashin), Liza Boyarskaya (Nadyusha), Sergei Bezrukov (Irakliy), Barbara Brylska (Nadya), Yuri Yakovlev (Ippolit), Valentina Talyzina (Nadya’s friend), Mikhail Yefremov (Santa Claus)

A sequel of the most popular Soviet comedy Ironiya sudby, ili S legkim parom! (The Irony of Fate (1975). It's been thirty years since the New Year's Eve when Zhenya Lukashin met his Nadya. Time hasn't been kind to them - they broke up, she went back to Leningrad. Now they have their own families and children, who very much like their parents face some collisions and dilemmas.

TIMUR BEKMAMBETOV
Born in 1961 in Guryev un the Soviet Union (now Atyrau, Kazakhstan). Commonly regarded as one of the most commercially successful directors of early 21th century Russia.Graduated from A.N. Ostrovsky Theatrical & Artistic Institute in Tashkent in 1987. After serving the army, he worked at Ilkohom Theatre and Uzbekfilm.He started his film career in advertising directing the popular World History series for the "Bank Imperial" (1992-97). "Night Watch 2" (2006), is what made him an international sensation. Spyglass-Universal release "Wanted" (2008) was his English-language debut.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

2008 Wanted;
2007 The Irony of Fate. Continuation;
2006 Night Watch 2;
2005 Nochnoj bazar;
2004 Night Watch;
2002 Escape from Afghanistan;
2001 The Arena;
1994 Peshvar Waltz.

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 at 7pm (GALLERY THEATRE)