Still Waters (2000 film)

Still Waters (Russian: Тихие омуты) is 2000 Russian film by Soviet/Russian director Eldar Ryazanov.

Plot

Anton M. Kashtanov (Alexander Abdulov) is a talented surgeon and head of a large clinic. He decides to escape his domineering and bitchy wife Pauline in the village of Still Waters. Here he reconnects with his childhood friend, the head of the local nature reserve. This pastoral idyll is upset by one thing: at the time of Kashtanov's departure, two million dollars also disappeared from his foundation.

Two strong women launch independent investigations: a police detective and a TV reporter...

Cast

1. Alexander Abdulov - academician Anton M. Kashtanov
2. Oksana Korostishevskaya - journalist Eugenie Tobolskaya (Jackie)
3. Lyubov Polishchuk - Pauline, Kashtanov's wife
4. Jan Tsapnik - Vlad, the operator
5. Olga Volkova - Varvara Petrovna Muromova, police detective
6. Andrey Makarevich - forester
7. Andrey Smolyakov - Ivan Pavlovich, Kashtanov's assistant
8. Michael Dorozhkin - Nikita, Kashtanov's son from his first marriage
9. Anatoly Lobotsky - Alexey Yozhikov, businessman
10. Marat Basharov - traffic cop
11. Alexander Pashutin - hotel employee
12. Eldar Ryazanov - radiologist (Ryazanov was also the film's director)
13. Alexander Nevsky - bodyguard
14. Olga Pogodina - girl smoking on balcony
15. Olga Chekov - radiologist assistant

External links

• Still Waters (Tikhiye omuty) at the Internet Movie Database
• Still Waters at Russian Cinema (Russian)
• Still Waters at Kino Russian film site (Russian)
• The romantic comedy "Still Waters" at Exler film reviews (Russian)