''How I Became Russian'' (;

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

: ) is a 2019 Chinese-Russian

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film directed by Xia Hao and Akaki Sakhelashvili, written by Andrey Zolotarev and Lei Guanglin, and starring Dong Chang, Vitaliy Khaev, Elizaveta Kononowa, and Sergey Chirkov. The film is an adaptation of the 2015 Russian comedy television series of the same name. The film premiered in

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on 17 January 2019, and opened in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

on 24 January 2019. The film follows a young Chinese man named Peng Peng as he tries to win the right to marry the Russian woman he fell in love with by overcoming trials that his would-be father-in-law creates for him.

Cast

* Dong Chang as Peng Peng, Protagonist and Ira's boyfriend. * Vitaliy Khaev as Anatoliy Platonov, Ira's father. * Elizaveta Kononowa as Ira Platanova, Peng's girlfriend. * Sergey Chirkov as Roman Andreevich Bistrov *

Hrant Tokhatyan Hrant Tokhatyan ( hy, Հրանտ Թոխատյան, born 10 January 1958) is an Armenian actor, comedian, announcer, and producer. Tokhatyan studied at the Yerevan State Institute of Foreign Languages from 1976 to 1981. Family Hrant Tokhatyan was ...

as Ruben * Natalya Surkova as female cook *

Sergey Sosnovsky Sergey Valentinovich Sosnovsky (russian: link=y, Серге́й Валенти́нович Сосно́вский; 1 January 1955 – 3 July 2022) was a Soviet and Russian actor. Awarded a People's Artist of Russia (2004), he appeared in 100 f ...

as Fyodor * Wu Yuyao as Peng Cheng * Yang Zhiying as Peng's mother * Li Yuwen as Peng's father * Sheng Caixin as Grandpa * Hong Bingyao as Hong Shisi * Bai Feimeng as a heavy man nicknamed "Fatty" * Luo Zhouhong as an old aunt

Production

This film was shot in both Russia and China. Filming took place in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

, and

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

in 2018.

Release

In November 2018, the producers announced that the film was scheduled for release on January 24, 2019.

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gave the drama 4.7 out of 10.

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:How I Became Russian 2019 films 2019 multilingual films 2010s Russian-language films Chinese romantic comedy films Russian romantic comedy films Films shot in Shanghai Films shot in Beijing Films shot in Moscow Russian multilingual films Chinese multilingual films 2010s Mandarin-language films