The Funeral Party

No ratings yet

Based on the novel by Booker Prize Winner Ludmila Ulitskaya, The Funeral Party is set in August 1991. In a sweltering New York City apartment, a group of Russian émigrés gathers round the deathbed of an artist named Alik, a charismatic character beloved by them all, especially the women who take turns nursing him as he fades from this world. Their reminiscences of the dying man and of their lives in Russia are punctuated by debates and squabbles: Whom did Alik love most? Should he be baptized before he dies, as his alcoholic wife, Nina, desperately wishes, or be reconciled to the faith of his birth by a rabbi who happens to be on hand? And what will be the meaning for them of the Yeltsin putsch, which is happening across the world in their long-lost Moscow but also right before their eyes on CNN?

Watch this film

Prime Video

Rent, buy, or stream

Amazon

DVD & Blu-ray

Apple TV

Rent, buy, or stream

Vudu

Rent or buy

Some links are affiliate links — I earn a small commission if you buy, at no extra cost to you. Learn more

Creators

Владимир Фокин

director

Lyudmila Ulitskaya

writer

🎭

Grigori Ryazhsky

writer

Cast

Александр Абдулов actor Елена Руфанова actor

🎭

Anna Dvorzhetskaya actor Анна Алексахина actor Владимир Качан actor

🎭

Vladimir Eryomin actor Liya Akhedzhakova actor

🎭

Boris Klyuev actor

🎭

Aleksey Kolgan actor Ирина Лосева actor

🎭

Claudia Boczar actor

🎭

Yan Tsapnik actor

🎭

Polina Fokina actor

🎭

Sergey Gabrielyan actor

🎭

Anna Gusarova actor

🎭

Dmitriy Lomovskiy actor Борис Львович actor

🎭

Maksim Afanasev actor

🎭

Mikhail Georgiu actor

🎭

Bob Tsimba actor