''Love in Vegas'' (russian: Любовь в большом городе 3, Lyubov v bolshom gorode, ''Love in the Big City 3'') is a 2014 Russian-Ukrainian

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film directed by

Maryus Vaysberg Maryus Erikovich Vaysberg (, born 1 April 1971), also known as Marius Balčiūnas-Weisberg, is a Russian film director, producer, and screenwriter of Lithuanian and Jewish descent. Career His father, Erik Vaysberg, had had his own career in th ...

and David Dodson. The film was co-produced by the creative association

Kvartal 95 Studio Kvartal 95 Studio (Ukrainian: Сту́дія «Кварта́л-95»; Russian: Сту́дия «Кварта́л-95») is a publicly held television entertainment production company operating in Ukraine since 2003. The company was founded by ...

. It is the completion of a trilogy about the adventures of three friends in search of true love.

Plot

Since the events described in the second part five years have passed. The heroes of the film settled down: they have expensive cars, nice apartments, successful careers, happy families. But the trouble is Alisa, Nastya and Katya begin to get tired of the annoying everyday life, because all day they are engaged in the upbringing of children and household. While the mothers are completely occupied with their children, the fathers have the opportunity to distract themselves at work and during rare bar visits. They work all day, and on weekends they sleep or take small family walks, turning their life into a routine. They wished their children had already grown up. Then they meet an old friend, Saint Valentine (

Philip Kirkorov Philipp Bedrosovich Kirkorov PAR (russian: Филипп Бедросович Киркоров; bg, Филип Бедросов Киркоров, Filip Bedrosov Kirkorov; born 30 April 1967) is a Bulgarian-born Russian pop singer. He is a five ...

), who comes to help them with their wish...

Cast

* Aleksey Chadov – Artem Isayev *

Volodymyr Zelenskyy Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, ; russian: Владимир Александрович Зеленский, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelenskyy, (born 25 January 1978; also transliterated as Zelensky or Zelenskiy) is a Ukrainian politicia ...

– Igor Zelensky *

Ville Haapasalo Ville Juhana Haapasalo (born 28 February 1972) is a Finnish stage and film actor who has worked in Finland and Russia. His acting career started in 1995, after he finished his studies in St. Petersburg. In 2003, he was honored with the State Priz ...

– Oleg Sauna *

Vera Brezhneva Vira Viktorivna Halushka ( uk, Віра Вікторівна Галушка; russian: link=no, Вера Викторовна Галушка, ''Vira Viktorivna Halushka''; born 3 February 1982), better known by her stage name Vera Brezhneva (russi ...

– Katya Isayeva * Svetlana Khodchenkova – Nastya *

Anastasia Zadorozhnaya Anastasia Sergeyevna Zadorozhnaya (russian: Анастаси́я Серге́евна Задоро́жная; born August 30, 1985) is a Russian film actress, singer, TV presenter and fashion model. She is dubbed as the Russian Britney Spears. B ...

– Alisa * Alexander Petrov – Artyom Isaev, Jr. (adult son of Artem and Katya) *Ivan Shmakov – Artyom Isaev (son of Artem and Katya) (5 years old) *Alexandra Parveva – Dasha (daughter of Sauna and Alisa) *Natalia Parieva – Masha (daughter of Sauna and Alisa) *Agnessa Yudintseva – Dasha (daughter of Sauna and Alisa) (5 years old) *Veronica Yudintseva – Masha (daughter of Sauna and Alisa) (5 years old) *Andrey Fandeev – Dima (son of Igor and Nastya) *

Philipp Kirkorov Philipp Bedrosovich Kirkorov PAR (russian: Филипп Бедросович Киркоров; bg, Филип Бедросов Киркоров, Filip Bedrosov Kirkorov; born 30 April 1967) is a Bulgarian-born Russian pop singer. He is a five ...

– Saint Valentine *

Sharon Stone Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American actress. Known for primarily playing femme fatales and women of mystery on film and television, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1990s. She is the recipient of various ...

– Angela Blake *Olga Mokshina – Kristina Arturovna *Veronika Vernadskaya – Tanya *

Igor Jijikine Igor Vitalievich Jijikine (Russian: И́горь Вита́льевич Жижи́кин; born 8 October 1965) is a Russian-American actor working in Los Angeles and Moscow. Early life and career Jijikine was born in Moscow and from 1983 to 1 ...

– Oleg Trub * Ekaterina Klimova – Anna *Oleg Klenov – security guard of the oligarch *Mikhail Salin – the captain of the police *Dmitry Mikhaylik – security guard of the oligarch *Yevgeny Koshevoy – Nikolaychuk (worker for the security agency "Shield and Sword")

Production

The filming of the comedy commenced in 2012, initially in

Las Vegas Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...

, then shifting to

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

. Originally,

was to play herself in the plot. She had the idea of including the image of an eccentric rock star who should speak the part with a British accent, as was a trend at the time. The preceding films of this trilogy are ''Love in the Big City'' and '' Love in the Big City 2''.

References

External links

IMDB - Love in Vegas

Studio Kvartal 95 - Love in Vegas

YouTube - Official trailer
Films directed by Maryus Vaysberg Russian romantic comedy films Ukrainian romantic comedy films 2014 romantic comedy films Films set in the Las Vegas Valley Films set in Moscow Films shot in the Las Vegas Valley Films shot in Moscow Slapstick films Films about rapid human age change Volodymyr Zelenskyy films {{Russia-film-stub