The Pregnant (russian: Беременный, Beremenniy) is a 2011 Russian fantasy

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directed by

Sarik Andreasyan Sarik Garnikovich Andreasyan (russian: Сарик Гарникович Андреасян; hy, Սարիկ Գառնիկի Անդրեասյան; born 1984) is a Russian-Armenian director, producer and screenwriter who has worked on films and com ...

. It stars

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Anna Sedokova Anna Vladimirovna Sedokova ( uk, А́нна Володи́мирівна Сєдоко́ва; russian: А́нна Влади́мировна Седоко́ва, born 16 December 1982) is a Ukrainian singer, actress and television presenter. Sedo ...

Mikhail Galustyan Nshan Sergeyevich Galustyan (russian: Ншан Сергеевич Галустян; born 25 October 1979), known professionally as Mikhail Galustyan (russian: link=no, Михаил Галустян), is a Russian showman, comedian, screenwriter, ...

and

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. The Hindi remake rights are owned by T-Series and

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Plot

Sergei and Diana Dobrolyubov have long dreamt of having a child, but Diana simply isn't getting pregnant. Sergei, who works as a TV presenter at the Muz-TV channel, makes a wish to a falling star (“I want a child”), and his wish is fulfilled, but with a catch: instead of his wife, he, himself, becomes pregnant. Sergei's friend, Zhora, convinces him that pregnancy is not a reason to hide, but instead is an opportunity to gain fame and money. The show "The Pregnant" becomes the most popular television project, and its main character, Sergei Dobrolyubov - a star. He soon gets accosted by the media causing a lots of drama between himself and Diana. A gay couple continuously pester him on his "secret" for getting pregnant, and a sinister prosecutor believes he is a phony. In the end, in order to give birth to his child in peace, Sergei decides to inform his fans that he falsified the pregnancy. Shortly afterwards, he goes into labor and gives birth to a baby boy. A couple of years later, Sergei and Diana are happy parents when Diana decides to also make a wish on a star, but with a new catch: both Diana and Sergei are pregnant together.

Cast

as Sergei Dobrolyubov *

as Diana Dobrolyubova, Sergey's wife *

as Zhora, Sergey's friend *

as director *Dmitry Sharakois as dr. Tikhonov *

Svetlana Khodchenkova Svetlana Viktorovna Khodchenkova (russian: Светла́на Ви́кторовна Хо́дченкова; born 21 January 1983) is a Russian film, television and theater actress. She is an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2018). Earl ...

as prosecutor *Dmitry Khrustalyov as Edgar, gay man *Victor Vasiliev as Slavik, gay man *Lyudmila Artemyeva as Sergey's mother *

Valentin Smirnitsky Valentin Georgievich Smirtinsky (russian: Валентин Георгиевич Смирнитский; born 10 June 1944 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of Russia (2005). Filmography * '' Walking the Stre ...

as Sergey's father *Vadim Takmenev as cameo *Timur Solovyov as cameo *Nikolai Naumov as reporter *Anton Sasin as President of Russia * Ekaterina Klimova as tow truck driver *

Ekaterina Vilkova Ekaterina Nikolaevna Vilkova (russian: Екатери́на Никола́евна Вилко́ва; born 11 July 1984) is a Russian actress. She is known for her roles in ''Black Lightning'' (2009), '' Hipsters'' (2008), ''The PyraMMMid'' (2011 ...

as Anna

Music

The film's score was written by Aleksandr Vartanov. The following songs are featured in the picture. *Egor Solodovnikov — "The Pregnant" *

— "Space" *

— "I'm at that Threshold" *

Grigory Leps Grigory Viktorovich Lepsveridze (russian: link=no, Григо́рий Ви́кторович Лепсверидзе, ka, გრიგორი ვიქტორის ძე ლეფსვერიძე), known as Grigory Leps (born 16 July ...

— "Rustle" *

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" * Aleksander Serov — "I Love You to Tears" *Yulia Nelson — "All I Need Is You"

Reception

The film received generally negative reviews in Russian media with many of them negatively comparing it to the more famous

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References

External links

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Official website
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