- published: 20 Apr 2016
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A sauna ( /ˈsɔːnə/ or /ˈsaʊnə/) is a small room or house designed as a place to experience dry or wet heat sessions, or an establishment with one or more of these and auxiliary facilities.
A sauna session can be a social affair in which the participants disrobe and sit or recline in temperatures typically between 70 °C (158 °F) and 100 °C (212 °F). This induces relaxation and promotes sweating.
Saunas can be divided into two basic styles: conventional saunas that warm the air or infrared saunas that warm objects. Infrared saunas may use various materials in their heating area such as charcoal, active carbon fibers, and other materials.
The word sauna is an ancient Finnish word referring to the traditional Finnish bath as well as to the bathhouse itself. The proto-Finnic reconstruction is *savńa. There are etymological equivalents in the Finnic languages such as the Ingrian and Votic word sauna, Estonian saun and Livonian sōna. The word suovdnji in Sámi means a pit dug out of the snow, such as a hole for a willow grouse. In Baltic-Finnic languages other than Finnish, sauna does not necessarily mean a building or space built for bathing. It can also mean a small cabin or cottage, such as a cabin for a fisherman.
Actors: Sharon Stone (actress), Mikhail Efremov (actor), Leonid Yarmolnik (actor), Ville Haapasalo (actor), Filipp Kirkorov (actor), Svetlana Khodchenkova (actress), Sergey Livnev (producer), Vera Brezhneva (actress), David Dodson (editor), David Dodson (director), Aleksey Chadov (actor), Igor Jijikine (actor), Ekaterina Klimova (actress), Darya Charusha (actress), Vladimir Zelenskiy (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Kyle Mumford (actor), Kyle Mumford (editor), Kyle Mumford (director), Kyle Mumford (writer), Kyle Mumford (producer), David Winning (actor), Laura Poe (actress), Dana Hunter (actress), Randy Miles (actor), Bob Angelini (actor), Kyle Sather (producer), Quincy Mumford (actor), Devin Dunne Cannon (actor),
Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance,Actors: Mikhail Efremov (actor), Leonid Yarmolnik (actor), Ville Haapasalo (actor), Pavel Derevyanko (actor), Filipp Kirkorov (actor), Todd Korody (miscellaneous crew), Svetlana Khodchenkova (actress), Sergey Livnev (producer), Sergey Livnev (producer), Vera Brezhneva (actress), Somchai Santitharangkun (miscellaneous crew), Frank J. Ellison (miscellaneous crew), Igor Vernik (actor), David Dodson (editor), Aleksey Chadov (actor),
Plot: The story love in the big city continues as Igor, the Russian-American dentist, invites his friends Artyom, the Russian architect cum student cum tour-bus guide, and Sauna, the Finnish fitness-club management trainee, to his father's ranch. With them are Katya, Artyom's recently reconciled wife, Alisa, the Russian-American fitness instructor whose heart Sauna won, and Nastya, the Russian-American sex-therapist who, we learn, has agreed to marry Igor. In addition to being a fun vacation for all, Igor wants the trip to give Nastya a chance to meet her future father-in-law. On the plane they strike up a conversation with a couple of Americans who tell them about a monastery near the ranch where there is a statue which a legend says has the power to cure barrenness. After arriving at the ranch, they decide out of curiosity to visit the monastery, and while there, despite the warning of a monk, they all touch the statue. According to the legend of the statue, they will each conceive a child the next time they have sex. They are unsure whether to believe this legend, but, having had experiences with St. Valentine and his considerable powers, they decide to refrain from sex for the time being, just in case. All three agree that they are simply not ready for fatherhood. Although at first hurt and confused, when the women discover the real reason for their odd excuses and machinations to avoid sex, they become angry and leave. Left alone by their women, they decide to have a good time and resolve to party both hardy and to the max. At this point St. Valentine once again enters their lives. He is appalled that they cannot understand that children are a blessing and that fatherhood is an honor. He decides they need another lesson and levels a new curse on them. Under this curse, the first of them to have sex will indeed conceive a child, exactly as the legend of the statue foretold. The catch is that when that happens, the other two will then both be doomed to remain childless for the next twenty years. Confronted with the prospect of childlessness, and forced into a zero-sum game from which only one can emerge a father, the three rush headlong into a comedic, and quite Machiavellian, race against each other. St. Valentine, of course, has some twists and turns in store for them, and in the end all three will learn the true value of fatherhood.
Keywords: childlessness, cure, curse, digit-in-title, fatherhood, husband-wife-relationship, love, number-in-title, numbered-sequel, saint-valentineActors: Olenka Denysenko (miscellaneous crew), Ville Haapasalo (actor), Veronica Mulero (miscellaneous crew), Scott Friedman (miscellaneous crew), Richard Middleton (producer), Filipp Kirkorov (actor), Svetlana Khodchenkova (actress), Irina Varina (miscellaneous crew), Sergey Livnev (producer), Vera Brezhneva (actress), Chris Lowenstein (producer), Alika Smekhova (actress), David Dodson (editor), Aleksey Chadov (actor), David Dodson (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Three Russian friends work in New York, party hard and chase women. It's great times until they get cursed by a drunken Russian night club owner, who turns out to be Saint Valentine. St. Valentine's curse is simple - the guys lose all their manly powers until they find their true love. It turns out to be harder than it sounds - our boys have a lot of growing up to do. Fast."
Keywords: brighton-beach-new-york, cure, curse, first-part, love, sex