Cast
Title Roles
Marina Kangelary
Marina Kangelary studied under the great Russian theater director Yury Lyubimov and was a member of Lubimov's company at Moscow's Taganka Theater from 1994 to 1999. She was a member of the company of Konstantin Raikin's Satirikon Theater in Moscow from 1999 to 2009, when she chose to work as a freelance actor in theater and film. She has performed over 35 roles in film and television.
Alexei Zuev
Alexei Zuev studied acting at the Moscow Art Theater school and was a member of the theater's company from 1993 to 1998. He performed the title role in Vitaly Melnikov's historical film Tsarevich Alexei (1997) for which he won the prestigious Kumir (Idol) award. He has performed in some 50 films on television and the big screen. He first worked with Oksana Mysina in Mysina's theater production of Viktor Korkiya's Don Quixote and Sancho Panza on the Island of Taganrog, which ran in Moscow for ten years. He has directed two short films, The Girl in the Jeep and The Meeting. Through the Eyes of an Angel (both 2019).
Asya Zueva
Asya Zueva has painted ever since early childhood. She has studied at several art schools in Moscow. She is the daughter of Marina Kangelary and Alexei Zuev.
Supporting Cast
Giannis Marinakis
Zeus
Giannis plays Zeus in the film. He is the owner and chef of the great Machalas Restaurant in Koum Kapi, Chania, where the love feast scene was filmed.
Sifis Nikolokakis
Waiter
Sifis plays a waiter in the film and he is a waiter at the gorgeous seaside Tsunami Restaurant in Almyrida, Crete, where the big ice cream scene was shot.
Eugenia Paizi
Waiter's Girlfriend
Eugenia plays the Waiter's girlfriend in the film, and in fact, in addition to being a student of accounting and finance, she is Sifis Nikolokakis's girlfriend in real life.
Supporting Cast (cont'd)
Anna Le Pajolec
Dress Shop Owner
Anna plays the owner of a dress shop in the film, and she is the owner of the Octopus Dress Shop in Chania, Crete, where, in the film, the red dress is purchased.
Gjon the Albanian
Accordion Player
Gjon, from Albania, plays the accordion in the film, and he frequently plays the accordion on the harbor boardwalk in Chania, Crete.
Panagiotis Kavathas
Father's Ghost
Panagiotis plays the the ghost-Father of the main male character in the film. In fact, he is one of Chania, Crete's, best real estate agents.
Corrado Skaian
Pizza Chef
Corrado plays a pizza chef in the film, and, in fact, he is a pizza chef at Trattoria Don Nikos in Almyrida, Crete, where the scene of Asya making pizza was filmed.
Supporting Cast (cont'd)
Anna Kornilaki
Hat Shop Owner
Anna plays the owner of a hat shop in the film, and, in fact, she is the owner of the hat shop in Rethymno, Crete, where Asya was filmed trying on hats.
