To many people around the world, America remains a semi-mythical land where dreams might come true. 'Go west, young man,' they say, and for a boy like Potato (Hersh Powers), who is just beginning to realise that he might by attracted to men, the desire to get away from the east is particularly strong. His single mother is terrified that he'll be conscripted into the Russian army, where terrible things will happen to him, so she starts looking around for a boyfriend who has more to offer them than a colour TV - ideally, a new life in the promised land.
Flash forward ten years and she (now played by Marya Sea Kaminski) and Potato (now played by Tyler Bocock) are living in a comfortable suburban house in sunny California with new husband/stepfather John (Dan Lauria). They no longer want for material things...
Flash forward ten years and she (now played by Marya Sea Kaminski) and Potato (now played by Tyler Bocock) are living in a comfortable suburban house in sunny California with new husband/stepfather John (Dan Lauria). They no longer want for material things...
- 8/21/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Exclusive: Dark Star Pictures has acquired North American rights to Potato Dreams of America, writer-director Wes Hurley’s autobiographical dark comedy that had its world premiere at this year’s SXSW. The pic will get a U.S. theatrical release in Q1 2022 followed by a digital bow, and the deal comes as the pic readies for Los Angeles premiere tonight at Outfest LA where it is in the official lineup. The full cast is expected to be in attendance.
Hurley’s queer coming-of-age tale tells the story of a gay boy growing up in the collapsing Ussr, his mail-order bride mother and their eventual escape to America. The film is an immigrant’s take on the American Dream and the power of cinema. Marya Sea Kaminksi, Tyler Bocock, Jonathan Bennett, Lea DeLaria, Sera Barbieri, Hersh Powers, Dan Lauria and Sophia Mitri Schloss lead the ensemble cast.
The pic was produced by Mischa Jakupcak and Hurley,...
Hurley’s queer coming-of-age tale tells the story of a gay boy growing up in the collapsing Ussr, his mail-order bride mother and their eventual escape to America. The film is an immigrant’s take on the American Dream and the power of cinema. Marya Sea Kaminksi, Tyler Bocock, Jonathan Bennett, Lea DeLaria, Sera Barbieri, Hersh Powers, Dan Lauria and Sophia Mitri Schloss lead the ensemble cast.
The pic was produced by Mischa Jakupcak and Hurley,...
- 8/18/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Potato Dreams of America Review — Potato Dreams of America (2021) Film Review from the 28th Annual South By Southwest Film Festival, a movie directed by Wes Hurley, and featuring Marya Sea Kaminski, Dan Lauria, Tyler Bocock, Lea DeLaria, Sera Barbieri, Hersh Powers, Jonathan Bennett, Sophia Mitri Schloss, Lauren Tewes, [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: Potato Dreams Of America: A Campy Gay Auto-Biopic That Can’t Quite Connect Its Dots [SXSW 2021]...
Continue reading: Film Review: Potato Dreams Of America: A Campy Gay Auto-Biopic That Can’t Quite Connect Its Dots [SXSW 2021]...
- 3/18/2021
- by Jacob Mouradian
- Film-Book
The question of how to convey characters speaking a language other than English in a fully English-language production is one that many a director of an exotically-set Hollywood production or lumpy Europudding has faced over the years. For those who simply cannot resort to subtitles, the artifice of heavily accented English dialogue is a stilted standby. “Potato Dreams of America” finds an unusual way around the problem, though it takes some time for its cleverness to emerge.
Wes Hurley’s autobiographical comedy of a gay Russian teen and his plucky single mother seeking a new life in 1980s America begins in unexpected fashion: A title card tells us we’re in Gorbachev-era Vladivostok, yet the unhappy family tableau we’re plunged into is performed in broad, brash American speech. “Our lives are like Russian movies, nothing good ever happens,” observes young Vasili (Hersh Powers). That is as may be; to us,...
Wes Hurley’s autobiographical comedy of a gay Russian teen and his plucky single mother seeking a new life in 1980s America begins in unexpected fashion: A title card tells us we’re in Gorbachev-era Vladivostok, yet the unhappy family tableau we’re plunged into is performed in broad, brash American speech. “Our lives are like Russian movies, nothing good ever happens,” observes young Vasili (Hersh Powers). That is as may be; to us,...
- 3/17/2021
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
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