Reading Europe - Russia: Bride and Groom

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Aimee-Ffion Edwards

Jacob Ifan

Sion Pritchard

Beth Robert

Steve Speirs

Gareth Jewell

Lee Mengo

Siw Hughes

Dean Rehman

Sharon Morgan

Alisa Ganieva

Bethan Roberts

Carol Apollonio

Helen Perry

Alisa Ganieva - Bride and Groom: Episode 1

Episode 1

Alisa Ganieva - Bride and Groom

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The tumultuous love story of Patya and Marat set in Dagestan in the Russian Republic.

4 Extra Debut. A multi-layered, magical, modern story of love and fate for Patya and Marat. Set in Russia's Dagestan. With Aimee-Ffion Edwards.

Both Patya and Marat are young, successful and live in Moscow. 

They have made it: they were able to escape the Caucasian back country that is still stuck between tradition and modernity, as well as police brutality, corruption and Islamist terror.  

Patya and Marat don't know one another, but when they both return to their home village one summer, their story unfolds. 

Contemporary Russian author, Alisa Ganieva's tragi-comic love story about family expectations, religious and cultural tensions, amid power struggles in rural Dagestan. 

Dramatised in two-parts by Bethan Roberts from the translation by Dr Carol Apollonio. 

Patya    ......    Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Marat    ......    Jacob Ifan
Timur    ......    Sion Pritchard
Khadizha    ......    Beth Robert
Papa    ......    Steve Speirs
Abdullaev    ......    Gareth Jewell
Rusik    ......    Lee Mengo
Granny    ......    Siw Hughes
Elmiuraz    ......    Dean Rehman
Crows    ......    Sharon Morgan

Director: Helen Perry

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Alisa Ganieva's multi-layered, magical, modern story about love and fate set in Dagestan

Alisa Ganieva's multi-layered, magical, modern story about love and fate set in Dagestan. Adapted by Bethan Roberts.

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