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Window to Paris

Play trailer Window to Paris PG-13,  1994,  1h 30m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 43% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 87% 50+ Ratings Popcornmeter
43% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 87% Popcornmeter 50+ Ratings
After Nikolai (Sergei Dontsov) loses his job as a music teacher, he's forced to move into a communal apartment with a family of Russian factory workers led by cheerful patriarch Gorokhov (Viktor Mikhailov). After a night of drinking with his new housemates, Nikolai stumbles upon a magic mirror in his room that teleports him from poverty-stricken St. Petersburg to beautiful Paris. But, since the portal will soon close for 20 years, Nikolai must decide whether to stay for good.

Critics Reviews

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
2/4
Looking at the movie, I felt marooned in one of those lightweight multinational comedies of the 1970s, like If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, in which most of the jokes were based on national characteristics I didn't much care about. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 12, 2005
2/5
Leonard Schwarz Palo Alto Weekly May 20, 2003
3.5/4
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Mar 3, 2003
D
A noisy satire that had no bite. Go to Full Review
Marty Mapes Movie Habit Aug 21, 2002
3.5/4
Steve Rhodes Internet Reviews Jan 1, 2000
1.5/4
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Cast & Crew

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Yuri Mamin

Director

Agnès Soral

Nicole

Sergei Dontsov

Nikolai Chizhov

Viktor Mikhailov

Gorokhov

Nina Usatova

Vera

Kira Kreylis-Petrova

Gorokhov's Mother-in-Law

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Movie Info

Synopsis After Nikolai (Sergei Dontsov) loses his job as a music teacher, he's forced to move into a communal apartment with a family of Russian factory workers led by cheerful patriarch Gorokhov (Viktor Mikhailov). After a night of drinking with his new housemates, Nikolai stumbles upon a magic mirror in his room that teleports him from poverty-stricken St. Petersburg to beautiful Paris. But, since the portal will soon close for 20 years, Nikolai must decide whether to stay for good.
Director
Yuri Mamin
Producer
Lavranti Aimrachvilli, Guy Séligmann
Screenwriter
Guy Séligmann, Vyacheslav Leikin, Yuri Mamin, Arkadi Tigai, Vladimir Vardunas
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co
La Sept Cinema, Sodaperaga Productions
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
Russian
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 17, 1994, Wide
Runtime
1h 30m
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