The Irony of Fate 2
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The Irony of Fate 2 or The Irony of Fate: Continuation is a 2007 Russian romantic comedy
film directed by Timur Bekmambetov
based on a screenplay by Alexey Slapovskiy produced by Channel One
and released by Mosfilm
. It is a direct sequel
of the first Irony of Fate
.
It was originally rumored to be put in production in a press release, dedicated to the original movie's 30th anniversary in 2005.
Irony of Fate earned $55,000,000 in total from its gross box-office release, with $49,000,000 coming from the Russian box-office alone. This film was the highest-grossing within Russia up until the release of Avatar in Russia.
Then the plot turns out to be a story of two fights for a woman: Konstantin vs Irakliy and Evgeniy vs Ippolit. Finally Lukashins win this competition because Irakliy turns out to be too dull for Nadya and Nadejda understands that she has never been in love with Ippolit.
Romantic Comedy
Romantic Comedy can refer to* Romantic Comedy , a 1979 play written by Bernard Slade* Romantic Comedy , a 1983 film adapted from the play and starring Dudley Moore and Mary Steenburgen...
film directed by Timur Bekmambetov
Timur Bekmambetov
Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov is a Kazakh-born director, producer and screenwriter who has worked on films and commercials. He is mostly popular for the Russian film Night Watch and its sequel Day Watch , and the American film Wanted .-Early life:Bekmambetov was born on June 25, 1961 in the...
based on a screenplay by Alexey Slapovskiy produced by Channel One
Channel One (Russia)
Channel One is the first television channel to broadcast in the Soviet Union. The channel was renamed Ostankino Channel 1 in 1991, after the Soviet Union broke up and the Russian SFSR became the Russian Federation. According to a recent government publication, the Russian government controls 51%...
and released by Mosfilm
Mosfilm
Mosfilm is a film studio, which is often described as the largest and oldest in Russia and in Europe. Its output includes most of the more widely-acclaimed Soviet films, ranging from works by Tarkovsky and Eisenstein , to Red Westerns, to the Akira Kurosawa co-production and the epic Война и Мир...
. It is a direct sequel
Sequel
A sequel is a narrative, documental, or other work of literature, film, theatre, or music that continues the story of or expands upon issues presented in some previous work...
of the first Irony of Fate
Irony of Fate
The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! is a Soviet comedy-drama directed by Eldar Ryazanov as a made-for-TV movie. The screenplay was written by Emil Braginsky and Ryazanov, loosely based on Ryazanov's 1971 play Once on New Year's Eve . For distribution outside of the Soviet Union, the film was...
.
It was originally rumored to be put in production in a press release, dedicated to the original movie's 30th anniversary in 2005.
Irony of Fate earned $55,000,000 in total from its gross box-office release, with $49,000,000 coming from the Russian box-office alone. This film was the highest-grossing within Russia up until the release of Avatar in Russia.
Plot
Characters of the first film now have children, who managed to get into the same situation as their parents many years ago. However, this story isn't just a remake of the original movie. In the first part all Lukashin's adventures were accidental and here everything is done according to a plan produced by Pavlik (a friend of Lukashin's). His idea is to improve the contemporary state of his friend Evgeniy being lonely. To this end he dispatches Lukashin's son Kostya to Petersburg where he acts in the same manner as his father 30 years ago. In the flat 12 he meets Nadejda (actually she is a daughter of Nadejda from the first movie). She has a fiancé called Iracliy, a businessman. Kostantin's task is to lure Iracliy away from the flat, then wait for Nadejda's mother coming and in the end he makes her to call Evgeniy Lukashin. Pavlik persuades Evgeniy to go to Petersburg.Then the plot turns out to be a story of two fights for a woman: Konstantin vs Irakliy and Evgeniy vs Ippolit. Finally Lukashins win this competition because Irakliy turns out to be too dull for Nadya and Nadejda understands that she has never been in love with Ippolit.
Main cast
- Andrey MyagkovAndrey MyagkovAndrey Vasilyevich Myagkov is a Soviet/Russian film and theater actor. He is best known for his roles in famous films directed by Eldar Ryazanov, such as The Irony of Fate , Office Romance , The Garage and A Cruel Romance .-Biography:Andrey Myagkov was born on July 8, 1938 in Leningrad, USSR...
as Evgeniy Mikhaylovich Lukashin (or Zhenya) - Barbara BrylskaBarbara BrylskaBarbara Brylska is a native Polish actress who also was featured in numerous films throughout the countries of the Warsaw Pact including the Soviet Union. She is noted especially for her role as Nadya in the 1975 Soviet comedy film Irony of Fate.-Biography:Barbara Brylska was born on June 5, 1941,...
as Nadezhda Vasilyevna Sheveleva (or Nadya) - Yuri Yakovlev as Ippolit Georgievich
- Konstantin KhabenskyKonstantin KhabenskyKonstantin Khabensky is a Russian actor best known in the West for starring in the films Night Watch and Day Watch as the lead character Anton Gorodetsky....
as Konstantin Evgeniyevich Lukashin (or Kostya) - Elizaveta BoyarskayaElizaveta Boyarskaya-Biography:Elizaveta was born on December the 20th of 1985 in Leningrad to a family of two famous Russian actors Mikhail Boyarsky and Larisa Luppian. Her father is of Russian and Polish descent and her mother is of Estonian, German, Russian and Polish ancestry...
as Nadya Evgenyevna Sheveleva - Sergey Bezrukov as Irakliy
Supporting cast
- Dato Bakhtadze as Artur
- Ville HaapasaloVille HaapasaloVille Haapasalo is an acclaimed stage and film actor in Finland and Russia. His acting career started in 1995, after finishing studying in St. Petersburg. In 2001, Ville Haapasalo was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation for his star-making turns in the films of...
as Drunken finn - Roman MadyanovRoman Madyanov- Filmography :# 1973 — Hopelessly Lost# 2007 — 12# 2007 — The Irony of Fate 2-External links and references:* * на сайте «Наш Фильм»...
as Militsioner - Vladimir PutinVladimir PutinVladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...
as President (actually, it's a TV footage) - Sergei Rubeko as Man with New-Year-tree
- Eldar RyazanovEldar RyazanovEldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov is a Soviet/Russian film director whose comedies, satirizing the daily life of the country, are very famous throughout the former Soviet Union....
as Kostya's neighbor in plane (cameoCameo appearanceA cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
role) - Anna SemenovichAnna SemenovichAnna Grigorievna Semenovich is a Russian retired competitive ice dancer, a singer, actress and model.-Skating career:Early in her career, she skated with Maxim Kachanov. They competed at the 1994 Goodwill Games and placed 5th. She teamed up with Vladimir Fedorov in 1995. They won the Finlandia...
as Woman with kid - Valentina Talyzina as Nadya's friend
- Viktor VerzhbitskyViktor VerzhbitskyViktor Verzhbitsky, born 21 September 1959, in Tashkent, Soviet Union . Viktor is well known for playing the role of Zavulon in the 2004 film Night Watch and it's 2006 sequel Day Watch. He has been relatively active as an actor on both the small screen and large screen since 1994 when he starred in...
as Homeless mystery man - Mikhail YefremovMikhail Olegovich YefremovMikhail Olegovich Yefremov is a Russian film and stage actor, Meritorious Artist of Russian Federation ....
as Ded MorozDed MorozDed Moroz is a fictional character who in some Slavic cultures plays a role similar to that of Santa Claus. The literal translation of the name would be Grandfather Frost, although the name is often translated as Father Frost.... - Yevgeniya Dobrovolskaya as SnegurochkaSnegurochkaSnegurochka , or The Snow Maiden, is a character in Russian fairy tales.In one story, she is the daughter of Spring and Frost, and yearns for the companionship of mortal humans. She grows to like a shepherd named Lel, but her heart is unable to know love...