Directed by:
Aleksey FedorchenkoScreenplay:
Денис ОсокинCinematography:
Shandor BerkeshiComposer:
Andrey KarasyovCast:
Yuliya Aug, Yana Esipovich, Yana Troyanova, Darya Ekamasova, Yana Sekste, Shandor Berkeshi, Yaroslava Pulinovich, Полина Ауг, Andrey Osipov (more)Plots(1)
As in his previous film, the internationally successful Silent Souls (Ovsyanki), Alexey Fedorchenko, one of Russia’s most distinctive contemporary directors, sets out for the Volga region to reveal to viewers the way of life of the Mari, a Finno-Ugric nation that still maintains a number of traditional rituals originating from paganism. While Silent Souls is a meditation on the last things of man and a portrayal of this people’s burial ritual, Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari is an energetic celebration of love, of womanhood and of the joy of life. This mosaic of twenty-two short tales about Mari women, which the director himself has described as a “Mari Decameron,” sees Fedorchenko blending reality with folklore and fairytale motifs with erotica in a playful style all his own. Twenty-two stories about twenty-two different women, all exuding an infectious energy... (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Yuliya Aug](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/131/162131287_0e507e.jpg)
Yuliya Aug
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Leto (2018)
Celestial wives of Meadow Mari (2012)
Compartment No. 6 (2021)
![Yana Esipovich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/102/642/102642938_7a91f5.jpg)
Yana Esipovich
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Fortress of War (2010)
The Island (2006)
Celestial wives of Meadow Mari (2012)
![Yana Troyanova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/147/172/147172561_8fbf1a.jpg)
Yana Troyanova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Dokonalá svatba (2010) (theatrical recording)
Kokoko (2012)
Processes (2023) (series)
![Darya Ekamasova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634081_cbe961.jpg)
Darya Ekamasova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (2005) (series)
Žila-byla odna baba (2011)
Legenda 17 (2013)
![Yana Sekste](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/161/159161903_1742df.jpg)
Yana Sekste
Best movies:
Shandor Berkeshi
Best movies:
Celestial wives of Meadow Mari (2012)
14+ (2015)
![Yaroslava Pulinovich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/231/162231394_12f82b.jpg)
Yaroslava Pulinovich
Soviet Union
Best movies:
![Полина Ауг](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/231/162231403_f0e61b.jpg)
Полина Ауг
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (2023)
Loveless (2017)
Celestial wives of Meadow Mari (2012)
![Andrey Osipov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/967/161967183_053964.jpg)
Andrey Osipov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
![Ekaterina Sokolova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/231/162231324_9e1cca.jpg)
Ekaterina Sokolova
Best movies:
Денис Осокин
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Pavel Efimov
Best movies:
Aleksandr Ivashkevich
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Celestial wives of Meadow Mari (2012)
Jaroslav. Tysjaču let nazad (2010)