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Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents (1993)

Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents (1993)

Comedy
Release Date: 1993, December 1
Directors: Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
Countries: France
Production: Bac Films, Canal+, Les Films Flam
Cast: Maurice Bénichou, André Oumansky, Jacques Herlin, Christine Dejoux, Jeremy Davis, Patrick Burgel, Catherine Hiegel, Josiane Balasko, Aleksey Maslov, Jean-François Dérec, Aleksandr Piskaryov, Raymonde Aknin

Overview:

This bright domestic drama captures a moment in time when, for a large number of idealistic and grateful French men and women, the promise of Russian communism was bright, and everything Russian was a source of joy and amazement. In the story, Irene was rescued from Auschwitz by soldiers from the U.S.S.R., and since that time she has enthusiatically considered Russia to be the source of hope in the world. Her more pragmatic husband has, by 1958, grown somewhat weary of her enthusiasm, which has led her to decorate their apartment with anything Russian she can get her hands on. Matters come to a head when she is befriended by three members of the Red Army Choir during their tour of Paris.