The Aunties
Miracles happen, but sometimes they need a little help
The action of the story takes place around the Christmas time, when, as usually, the most unbelievable miracles come to life. The story starts with Masha - future doctor and meanwhile an eager student of medical university, her best friend Lilka - a colorful and charismatic young lady who is always in search of man of her life, and Masha's grandfather, Andrei Ivanovich, who is her only relative - a kind but deeply sad amateur painter. The heroes live their ordinary lifes with their worries and laughs until at Christmas Eve they receive a phone call... Three Aunties, who named them self as distant relatives, announce their arrival within an hour. With their arrival the story becomes dashing and somehow magical.
Directed by Aleksandr Kananovich · Written by Alexei Safonov
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Cast
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Yekaterina Vasilyeva Nadezhda -
Yola Sanko Vera -
Valentina Telichkina Lyubov -
Albert Filozov Andrei Ivanovich -
Mikhail Efremov Seller of Oranges -
Nikita Efremov Igor -
Nikolay Efremov Ivan -
Tatyana Rudina Agnessa Leopoldovna -
Kamil Larin Plumber - Natalya Levina Masha
- Yekaterina Volkova Lilka
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Ivars Kalnins Chief
Make it a double feature
4h 3m together
The Aunties
A Christmas Tale
A close match in mood and era.
