Desperate for Marriage

Desperate for Marriage (Russian: Хочу замуж, romanized: Khochu zamuzh, lit. 'Want to Get Married') is a 2022 Russian romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Sonya Karpunina. The action takes place in Kaliningrad, the plot is built around a successful TV channel presenter, whose life changes after a chance acquaintance, the film stars Miloš Biković, Kristina Asmus, Sergei Gilev, and Marina Alexandrova.[2]

Desperate for Marriage
Directed bySonya Karpunina
Written bySonya Karpunina
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyYuri Nikogosov
Edited by
  • Anna Bespalova
  • Mariya Sergeenkova
  • Avet Oganesyan
Production
companies
Distributed byCentral Partnership
Release date
  • March 5, 2022 (2022-03-05)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Box office
  • ₽232 million[1]
  • $370.257

Desperate for Marriage was scheduled to be theatrically released on March 5, 2022, by Central Partnership.[3]

Plot

For the journalist named Lyuba, everything is going according to plan: the work of the presenter on the TV channel, the successful and wealthy fiance Robert. The plan goes to hell when Lyuba’s phone goes down, and she asks to call a random passerby from the phone. It turned out to be Sergei, who also had a calm and measured life until that day. This meeting will launch a series of events that will completely change the life of Lyuba, and Sergei, and themselves.[4]

Cast

Production

Sonya Karpunina is the director and her husband Klim Shipenko is the creative producer. He will also act as a producer of the film together with Alena Kremer and George Shabanov. The project is filmed by Peak Media film production in partnership with START Studio video service.

Miloš Biković also acts as a producer of the film, together with director Klim Shipenko, with whom they worked on the Serf (film).

Filming

Principal photography began on June 1, 2021, will last until mid-summer and will be held in Moscow, and picturesque places in Kaliningrad, Russia. Some of the scenes were filmed at the Kaliningrad Oblast Museum of Fine Arts, in the nearby square, and on Uglovaya and Pugacheva streets.

Release

Marketing

The first teaser trailer of Desperate for Marriage was released on January 18, 2022.[5]

Theatrical

The actors attended a special screening on March 4, in Svetlogorsk, Kaliningrad Oblast. It is scheduled to be theatrically released in the Russian Federation on March 5, 2022, by Central Partnership.

References
  1. Box Office, Russian Cinema Fund`s Analytics (RCFA)
  2. "Героиня Асмус назло жениху хочет выйти замуж за персонажа Биковича" [The heroine Asmus, in spite of the groom, wants to marry Bikovich's character]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  3. Katerusha, Aleksandr (January 19, 2022). "Вышел трейлер фильма «Хочу замуж», который снимали в Калининграде" [The trailer of the film Desperate for Marriage, which was filmed in Kaliningrad, was released]. Komsomol Truth (in Russian). Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  4. "Хочу замуж / Desperate for Marriage, 2022". www.kinoafisha.info (in Russian).
  5. "Вышел трейлер комедии "Хочу замуж" с Кристиной Асмус и Милошем Биковичем" [The trailer for the comedy Desperate for Marriage with Kristina Asmus and Milos Bikovich has been released]. Russian Gazette (in Russian). January 18, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
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