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Potato Dreams of America

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Potato Dreams of America

Real life is stranger than fiction

6.4

1h 37m

2021

“Real life is stranger than fiction”

Synopsis

A true story about a gay boy growing up in the collapsing USSR, his courageous mail-order bride mother, and their adventurous escape to Seattle in the 90s.

Director

Wes Hurley

Trailer

ComedyDramaFantasy

immigrationmale homosexualitylgbtautobiographical1990sgay theme

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Cast & Crew

Marya Sea Kaminski

Marya Sea Kaminski

as American Lena

Tyler Bocock

Tyler Bocock

as American Potato

Jonathan Bennett

Jonathan Bennett

as Jesus Christ

Lea DeLaria

Lea DeLaria

as Tamara

Dan Lauria

Dan Lauria

as John

Sera Barbieri

Sera Barbieri

Hersh Powers

Hersh Powers

Sophia Mitri Schloss

Sophia Mitri Schloss

Lauren Tewes

Lauren Tewes

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