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Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari

Original title: Nebesnye zheny lugovykh mari
  • 2012
  • 1h 46m
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6.7/10
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Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari (2012)
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23 short stories about the Mari women. Stories joyful and sad, ridiculous and terrible. It is the movie ornament, the movie calendar telling about philosophy, traditions and today of the Mar... Read all23 short stories about the Mari women. Stories joyful and sad, ridiculous and terrible. It is the movie ornament, the movie calendar telling about philosophy, traditions and today of the Mari people.23 short stories about the Mari women. Stories joyful and sad, ridiculous and terrible. It is the movie ornament, the movie calendar telling about philosophy, traditions and today of the Mari people.

  • Director
    • Aleksey Fedorchenko
  • Writer
    • Denis Osokin
  • Stars
    • Nadezhda Smirnova
    • Yana Esipovich
    • Roman Mishin
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    6.7/10
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    • Director
      • Aleksey Fedorchenko
    • Writer
      • Denis Osokin
    • Stars
      • Nadezhda Smirnova
      • Yana Esipovich
      • Roman Mishin
    • 4User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 10 wins & 10 nominations

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    Nadezhda Smirnova
    • Opi
    Yana Esipovich
    Yana Esipovich
    • Oshvika
    Roman Mishin
    • Roman
    Olga Degtyaryova
    • Okai
    Yana Sekste
    • Orazvi
    Maksim Karpov
    • Penzia
    Yaroslava Pulinovich
    • Odocha
    Raisa Nikitina
    • Odocha's mother
    Sergei Tanygin
    • Odocha's father
    Galina Shcherbakova
    • Grandmother
    Pavel Efimov
    • Iashai
    Nadezhda Vasina
    • Fortune teller
    Eduard Koptsev
    • Gynecologist
    Albert Rukavishnikov
    • Kart
    Afanasii Kostin
    • First spitter
    Ivan Ilimbaev
    • Second spitter…
    Polina Aug
    Polina Aug
    • Onalcha
    Anton Sudeev
    • Rysa
    • Director
      • Aleksey Fedorchenko
    • Writer
      • Denis Osokin
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      Referenced in Radio Dolin: Aleksei Fedorchenko (2022)

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    6/10
    Russian village / pagan femininity desire vignettes
    Blimey; what is going on here in this corner of the Russian (Mari area / province) federation?

    A pretty good 'Women's Day' choice of the female lot, since virtually all female sexually driven vignettes*, although with the connection between them all that only becomes eventually apparent toward the end: by which: RECOMMENDATION: so would recommend / caution you, to enjoy / realise, then DON'T read any synopsis beforehand;

    but just let wash over you, sit through the purpose to be seen / common theme on display being - seemingly - such varied manifestations of (pagan belief?) female desire, sexuality expression*; ranging over and insofar as: weird literal flights of fancy, woodland terrors, 'death becomes her' (?!), and - presumably - fantasising flirting fertility (husband selection!) like rituals .. ("They've turned into guys again! They've spilled our kissel!" What?!)

    All in all, these vignettes add up to a quite perplexing, bewildering range of femininity and their wiles: and overall, how women seem to, ah, accommodate, their sexual desiring, sexually driven partners.

    Despite this apparent titillation, you may find, is it all really worth sitting through, watching these largely village wenches enact their region's odd sexually based mores? (Although, apparently, all, or most, the invention of director Fedorchenko, and as based on screenwriter, from his own book, Denis Osokin. **)

    Yet, yes, it is; as still, perhaps the main point to watch this all the way through is if for only the final 'reveals' of the 'stars' - (having - sometimes, possibly - played?) - themselves***: for it alone, it's absolutely utterly wonderful (Ormachiya's giggling! Ahh.) and completely well worth the waiting for!

    Brilliant; for in its way, a female centric, fascinating 'feminist' theme.

    * except for one, almost 'exception that proves the rule', I like to think: yett still in it, the ladies' perspective!

    ** for as for the brief, almost 'blink and you'll miss it' toadstools one, with seemingly far too young girl to know what she is to announce .. well, really; .. what can you say (Denis / Aleksey) ...?

    *** Yana Esipovich as just briefly, 'Oshvika', has for example, previous appearance in 'Dry Valley' (also reviewed, too, hereunder.)

    (P. S. Gotta share; buxom 'Oshalyak's 'journey' was my favourite.)
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    • Release date
      • January 17, 2014 (Poland)
    • Country of origin
      • Russia
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    • Languages
      • Mari
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Celestial Wives of Meadow Mari
    • Filming locations
      • Mari El, Russia
    • Production companies
      • 29 fevralya
      • Krasnaya Strela
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    • Budget
      • $2,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $15,712
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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