8 First Dates
8 First Dates is a 2012 Russian-Ukrainian romantic comedy film directed by David Dodson and Aleksandr Malyarevsky. It stars Oksana Akinshina and Volodymyr Zelenskyy alongside Denis Nikiforov and Ekaterina Varnava.
Plot
Vera and Nikita don't know each other, but they have one thing in common: they both chose the same venue to celebrate their personal successes. Vera is a successful TV presenter with her own talk show, and she is engaged to Konstantin, a famous tennis player. Nikita is a highly sought-after vet who has proposed to Ilona, a plastic surgeon. Everything is going well for them: they are happy, and their friends support their choices. However, one morning, Vera and Nikita wake up in the same bed, and everything changes. Assuming that this must be the result of a wild night, they run off in different directions, hoping to forget it all as a bad dream.But the next morning, they wake up in the same bed in the same house, despite each of them being certain that they fell asleep at home. This continues for several more days. Some mysterious force keeps bringing them together, ruining their privacy and perhaps suggesting that they are destined to be together.
Cast
- Oksana Akinshina as Vera Kazantseva
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Nikita Sokolov
- Denis Nikiforov as Konstantin
- Ekaterina Varnava as Ilona
- Olesya Zheleznyak as Zinaida Ivanovna, manager
- Yevgeny Koshevoy as taxi driver
- Svetlana Khodchenkova as passenger in a taxi
- Victor Vasilyev as Alexey
- Soso Pavliashvili as cameo
- Gorod 312 as cameo
- Kostya Nakonechny as Kolya
- Igor Jijikine as Kolya's father
- Yelena Kondulainen as Vera's mother
Awards