Swept Away by You, Me, and Tuscany
A Black woman centered in a box office rom-com with a happy ending and no struggle love.
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The dreamer Philip is full of wild and utopian ideas. But the pregnancy of his girlfriend Marina forces him to "grow up" dramatically: to find a stupid job, to give up ridiculous fantasies. However, in this form, he is unloved and no one needs. As a result, difficult childbirth makes it clear: one cannot do without his imagination.
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The dreamer Philip is full of wild and utopian ideas. But the pregnancy of his girlfriend Marina forces him to "grow up" dramatically: to find a stupid job, to give up ridiculous fantasies. However, in this form, he is unloved and no one needs. As a result, difficult childbirth makes it clear: one cannot do without his imagination.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Mikhail Mestetskiy, Alexey Smirnov
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Runtime:105 minutes
Studio:Droog Drooga, Pinery, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Kinoprime Foundation
Cast
Mikhail Mestetskiy
Director
Eldar Kalimulin
Fillip
Anastasia Talyzina
Marina
Yura Borisov
Snot
Oleg Vasilkov
Kostolom
Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov
Marina’s father
Maksim Gorshkov
Tolik
Yuliya Romashina
Marina’s mother
Roman Evdokimov
Young Kostolom
Velimir Rusakov
Serezha Velikiy
Yuliya Dzhulai
Valya
Agrippina Steklova
Doula
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