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You, I Love

Country: Russia, Language: Russian, 86 mins

Original Title

Ya Lyublyu Tebya
  • Director: Olga Stolpovskaja; Dmitry Troitsky
  • Writer: Olga Stolpovskaja; Alisa Tanskaya
  • Producer: Olga Stolpovskaja; Alisa Tanskaya

CGiii Comment

Well, it had to happen - Russia has fallen into the American way of making really BAD gay rom-coms.

It's a typical love triangle - 2 men and a lady - the comedy comes from the different social status of the men (poor and rich = uncouth and couth).

Yes, it has all been done before and, no doubt, it will be done again.

If this is liberal Russia - let it stay in Russia, if anything, this is just an insult to those that have fought (and survived) for equality.

Who needs Russia to spout on about liberalism - according to this it okay to be bisexual...but not homosexual in modern Russia - well, screw Russia and this deplorable film.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Vera and Tim are successful young professionals living fast-paced lives in ultra-modern Moscow. Their lives crackle with the capitalist energy of excess, anxiety, consumption, and stress- and they are in love. Everything changes one night when Tim accidentally drives his car into Uloomji, a young Kalmyk day worker. (The Kalmyks are a semi-nomadic people of Mongolian decent.) The two men begin a torrid affair that involves howling and knocking over a lot of furniture. Tim is attracted to Uloomji's exotic demeanor and liberated by his impulsiveness and lack of inhibition. To Uloomji, Tim embodies a kind of class and refinement he sees only in magazines. Vera struggles to comprehend their bond and her boyfriend's erratic behavior. She is dragged reluctantly into a bizarre love triangle. Before long, all three lives unravel, exemplified by a visit to a Buddhist healer, a three-way in the bathroom of a gay bar, a faked death and a kidnapping.

Cast & Characters

Damir Badmaev as Uloomji;
Lyubov Tolkalina as Vera Kirillova;
Evgeny Koryakovsky as Timofei Pechorin;
Nina Agapova as Elderly Neighbor;
Irina Grineva as Make-Up Girl;
Anatoly Mankhadykov as Uloomji's Father;
Valentina Mankhadykova as Uloomji's Mother;
Yuri Sherstnyov as Watchman at the Zoo;
Victor Shevidov as Uncle Vanya;
Alisa Tanskaya as Woman, discussing Vera;
Mikhail Tarabukin as Lyolik;
Emanuel Michael Vaganda as John;
Alexander Vartanov as Voice of a radio DJ