A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
January 1, 2016
Original Title:
Страна чудес
Alternate Titles:
Strana Chudes
Wonderland
Страна чудес
Genres:
Comedy | Family
Production Companies:
All Media A Start Company
Cinema Foundation of Russia
Russia-1
Yellow, Black & White
Production Countries:
Russia
Ratings / Certifications:
RU: 12+ US: PG-13
Runtime: 80
The main characters of the film are residents of different places of this country, most common people, with whom most uncommon things, pure wonders, happen. Semyon and Lyuba, a family of fireguards, have a chance to fulfill a dream – to go to Moscow to take part in their favorite TV show “Field of Miracles” (“Pole Chudes”), where they should make a life choice “trophy or money?” An inexperienced officer of Patrol-Guard Service and at the same time an experienced loser Sanya will have to not only survive his first day of service but also to accept his wife’s labors and to reanimate his partner. Four newly acquainted fellows must by any means fly to Moscow in non-flying weather, and a couple of young lovers must reconcile their irreconcilable parents by some mysterious way. Valera has to decide on a dilemma: to save mankind from the Deluge or just to fly with his karaoke-alien-friends in their old UFO? All these things can happen only once a year – on December, 31!
Director:
Maksim Sveshnikov
Dmitriy Dyachenko
Director of Photography:
Ivan Lebedev
Eduard Moshkovich
Genrikh Meder
Dmitry Gribanov
Editor:
Tim Pavelko
Music:
Aleksey Massalitinov
Producer:
Mikhail Tkachenko
Vitaly Shlyappo
Denis Zhalinsky
Aleksandr Kushaev
Ruslan Tatarintsev
Eduard Iloyan
Alexey Trotsyuk
Evgeniy Yuranov
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