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Luna Papa

Luna Papa

19996.21h 43m

Overview

The unborn child of Mamlakat is telling her story. She is 17, beautiful and vivacious, and dreaming secretly of becoming an actress. She lives with her father and brother in a small village in Central Asia. One night she is seduced by an actor from a travelling troupe, who poses as a friend of Tom Cruise, and gets her pregnant. She tries to abort, but her father and brother become determined to find the seducer, setting in motion a cascade of comic adventures.

Directed by Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov
Written by Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov, Irakli Kvirikadze
Produced by Heinz Stussak, Igor Tolstunov, Karl Baumgartner
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Top Cast

Moritz Bleibtreu

Moritz Bleibtreu

Nasreddin

Chulpan Khamatova

Chulpan Khamatova

Mamlakat

Ato Mukhamedzhanov

Ato Mukhamedzhanov

Safar

Merab Ninidze

Merab Ninidze

Alik

Polina Raykina

Polina Raykina

Khabibula (voice)

Nikolay Fomenko

Nikolay Fomenko

Yassir

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Lola Mirzorakhimova

Zube

Sherali Abdulkajsov

Sherali Abdulkajsov

Akbar

Dinmukhamet Akhimov

Dinmukhamet Akhimov

Gynecologist

Azalbek Nazriyev

Azalbek Nazriyev

Alisher Khamrayev

Themes & Keywords

mentally disabledrapevillage lifepregnancyvillagepregnant minorunwillingly pregnantdisappearancedisabled

About Luna Papa

Luna Papa is a drama, comedy film released in 1999 exploring themes of mentally disabled, rape, village life, pregnancy, village, pregnant minor. Directed by Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov, it stars Moritz Bleibtreu, Chulpan Khamatova, Ato Mukhamedzhanov. The unborn child of Mamlakat is telling her story. She is 17, beautiful and vivacious, and dreaming secretly of becoming an actress. She lives with her father and brother in a small village in Central Asia. One night she is seduced by an actor from a travelling troupe, who poses as a friend of Tom Cruise, and gets her pregnant. She tries to abort, but her father and brother become determined to find the seducer, setting in motion a cascade of comic adventures.

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