Be careful what you wish for.
John is a mild-mannered banker who has never been lucky in love. Fed up with waiting for the right girl to come along, John takes a chance on a Russian mail-order bride arranged via the Internet, where he is introduced to Nadia. John's fondness for Nadia grows... until the sudden arrival of Nadia's gregarious cousins makes John realize that he's in over his head.
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Contemporary, classical in form, spare and unpretentious.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
- effortlessdemanding
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Cast
- Nicole KidmanNadia / Sophia
- Ben ChaplinJohn
- Vincent CasselAlexei
- Mathieu KassovitzYuri
- Kate Lynn EvansClare
- Stephen ManganBank Manager
- Alexander ArmstrongRobert Mosley
- Sally PhillipsKaren
- Jo McInnesWaitress
- Ben MillerConcierge
Crew
- Jez ButterworthDirector
- Tom ButterworthWriter
- Jez ButterworthWriter
- Oliver StapletonDirector of Photography
- Stephen WarbeckOriginal Music Composer
- Christopher TellefsenEditor
- Steve ButterworthProducer
- Diana PhillipsProducer
- Eric AbrahamProducer
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