The Crazy Day or The Marriage of Figaro

*The Crazy Day or The Marriage of Figaro*
The Crazy Day or The Marriage of Figaro
	DVD cover with Philipp Kirkorov, Lolita Milyavskaya and Boris Khoshnyansky
Directed by	Semen Gorov
Starring	Sofia Rotaru; Philipp Kirkorov
Country of origin	Russia; Ukraine
Original language	Russian
Production
Running time	131 minutes
Original release
Network	NTV
Release	31 December 2003
Network	Inter
Release	1 January 2004

Crazy Day or The Marriage of Figaro (Russian: Безумный день, или женитьба Фигаро) is a modern comedy musical staged by television channels NTV (Russia) and Inter (Ukraine) in association with Melorama Production, under direction of Semen Gorov in 2003, based on the 1784 Pierre Beaumarchais' play The Marriage of Figaro. The musical was aired for the first time on the New Year's night of 2004.^[1]

Plot

The day before his wedding, handsome and merry Figaro, played by Boris Hvoshnyansky, learns of the bride Susanna (Anastasia Stotskaya), but he has a rival - voluptuous Count Almaviva, played by Philip Kirkorov. Earl intends to use the old right of the first night in his possessions and to steal from the lovers their happiness. The case becomes more complicated as another lover - Marceline (Sofia Rotaru) claims her love for Figaro as well, requiring a considerable amount of money to return and marry her. Figaro uses infinitely jealousy count to his wife Rosine, played in the movie by Lolita Miliavskaya. The reason for the jealousy becomes innocent infatuation by Kerubino young countess' page, who played by Andrei Danilko. A whole series of changing, humorous situations and misunderstandings leads finally to all the love and harmony. Figaro gets his parents and wife. The Earl once again loves his Rosine, as small Cherubin successfully avoided serving in the army.^[2]