The Irony of Fate 2 (2007)
"Ironiya sudby. Prodolzhenie" (original title)

Zhenya and Nadya go their separate ways. Nadya stuck with her bureaucrat boyfriend, married h im and had a daughter... See full synopsis »

Director:

Timur Bekmambetov

Writers:

Timur Bekmambetov, Emil Braginskiy (idea),

Stars:

Konstantin Khabenskiy, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Sergey Bezrukov

3 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Konstantin Khabenskiy	...	Kostya Lukashin
Elizaveta Boyarskaya	...	Nadya
Sergey Bezrukov	...	Irakliy
Andrey Myagkov	...	Evgeniy Lukashin
Aleksandr Shirvindt	...	Dyadya Pasha
Valentina Talyzina	...	Tetya Valya
Barbara Brylska	...	Nadezhda Vasilevna
Yuriy Yakovlev	...	Ippolit Georgievich
Aleksandr Belyavskiy	...	Dyadya Sasha
Mikhail Efremov	...	Ded Moroz
Evgeniya Dobrovolskaya	...	Snegurochka
Viktor Verzhbitskiy	...	Neizvestnyy
Igor Savochkin	...	Kolya - pogranichik
Ville Haapasalo	...	Pyanyy finn (as Ville Khaapasalo)
Roman Madyanov	...	Mayor

Storyline

Zhenya and Nadya go their separate ways. Nadya stuck with her bureaucrat boyfriend, married h im and had a daughter... See full synopsis »

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Plot Keywords:

winter | pantyhose | sequel to cult comedy | foot closeup | love | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [ru]

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

21 December 2007 (Russia)

Also Known As:

The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your New Happiness!

Filming Locations:

Moscow, Russia

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bazelevs Production, Channel One Russia

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The role of Nadya was offered to Milla Jovovich, but she declined after reading the script.

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Connections

Follows Ironiya sudby, ili S legkim parom! (1975)

User Reviews

No plot. No dialogue. No taste. No movie.

This production (I cannot bring myself to call it a movie, because it isn't) pretends to be a sequel to the beloved New Year romantic comedy the Irony of Fate (Ирония Судьбы). In fact, it is nothing more than a shameless attempt to cash in on the huge and well-deserved popularity of the original, which remains one of the favorites of the Russian-language audiences even after more than 30 years. This "sequel" brings together most of the original actors who appeared in the Eldar Ryazanov's masterpiece. As you might well imagine, the original actors are by now in their seventies - which is by no means a bar to being a good actor (just take a pick at any of Jack Lemmon's late movies!), provided that you do not try to play the same role you had 30 years ago. Unfortunately, the movie director Timur Bekmambetov (Тимур Бекмамбетов) completely lacks the ability to capitalize on the strengths of his actors; he is also clueless in the basic principles of scene composition, and is incapable of pulling off the most basic of physical jokes. In addition to that, the script lacks a coherent plot or basic believability. The production quality is also terrible - I've seen some home movies with more professional scene lighting, for example. Altogether, this is an extremely bad movie - avoid it at all costs, even if you have to pay to be let off watching it.