My Boyfriend is an Angel (Vera Storozheva; 2011)

A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally Pitts

Carrie joins Ally once again, this time to discuss a fantastical rom-com in which Sasha (Anna Starshenbaum), a student, meets Serafim (Artur Smolyaninov), a celestial visitor in Moscow on New Year's Eve.
CONTENT WARNING: As we discuss in this episode, this film contains extreme racial insensitivity and also outright racism.
Expect SPOILERS from about 17 minutes until the end.
My Boyfriend is an Angel also stars Olga Popova, Nikita Efremov, Sergey Puskepalis, Ivan Makarevich,
The show's intro music is by Sasha Ilyukevich and the Highly Skilled Migrants.

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