Luna Papa

Luna Papa

103 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 8, 1999

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 makes 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.

Luna Papa

103 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 8, 1999

Luna Papa
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 makes 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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Pandora Film, Les Films de L'Observatoire, NTV-Profit, Tajikfilm, Prisma Film, VISS, Thomas Koerfer Film, Eurospace
Original title Лунный папа
Directors Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov
Writers Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov, Irakli Kvirikadze

Cast

Moritz Bleibtreu

as Nasreddin

Chulpan Khamatova

as Mamlakat

Merab Ninidze

as Alik

Polina Raykina

as Khabibula (voice)

Nikolay Fomenko

as Yassir

Dinmukhamet Akhimov

as Gynecologist

Azalbek Nazriyev

as Alisher Khamrayev

Aleftina Galiyeva

as Dancer

Barvina Gulyamova

as Dancer

Leila Nikajlova

as Dancer

Sofya Amrulina

as Dancer

Mukhayo Karimova

as Dancer

Evelina Aliyeva

as Dancer

Dzhami Khodzhayev

as Man in Black

Isomiddin Karimov

as Tolib (Club Director)

Aziz Nizomidinov

as Selim

Obid Nazarov

as Edip

Zamira Yuldasheva

as Dezdemona

Nigina Akhmedova

as Iokasta

Allovuddin Abdullaev

as Abu Pirumov (2nd Pilot)