One day, his grave-digger pal ( Ondrez Vetchy ) talks him into an arranged marriage with a distant Russian niece ( Irena Livanova ) _ an attractive woman who needs a Czech passport and is willing to pay the cellist a substantial sum for the honor of his name on a wedding license.
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During the period of time in California after the ban on same-sex marriage was found unconstitutional, and before the passage of Proposition 8, the State of California changed the marriage form from Bride and Groom to Party A and Party B . A man and woman applied for a wedding license and, with the approval of the clerk manning the window, wrote back in the words Bride and Groom.
