Love and the City

2009 1h 28m RU

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5.6

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★5.6TMDB · 58

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Vera Brezhneva
Katya
Anastasiya Zadorozhnaya
Alisa
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Igor
Filipp Kirkorov
Valentin
Ville Haapasalo
Sauna
Aleksey Chadov
Artyom
Alika Smekhova
Raisa
Svetlana Khodchenkova
Nastya

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Maryus Vaysberg
Writers: Andrey Yakovlev, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Borys Shefir
Languages: English, Russian
Countries: Russia, Ukraine, United States of America

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Russian.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Russia, Ukraine, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Love in the City Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Maryus Vaysberg, shot by Irek Hartowicz. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Vladimir Sayko. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Maryus Vaysberg directs. Irek Hartowicz behind the camera. Vladimir Sayko scores. David Dodson cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Russia, Ukraine, United States of America. Dialogue in English, Russian.

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Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $3.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Released 17 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Russian.
5International production across 3 countries: Russia, Ukraine, United States of America.
6Part of the "Love in the City Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
7Directed by Maryus Vaysberg, shot by Irek Hartowicz. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
8Original score by Vladimir Sayko. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
9Editor David Dodson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
10Vera Brezhneva and Anastasiya Zadorozhnaya and Volodymyr Zelenskyy carry the top of the cast.
11IMDB entry: tt1366687 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Only 58 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.