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Potato Dreams of America
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Potato Dreams of America

Nov 11, 2021
1h 37m
★ 6.3

Real life is stranger than fiction

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy
Drama
Fantasy

Production Companies

Creative Capital

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Cast

Marya Sea Kaminski

American Lena

Marya Sea Kaminski

Tyler Bocock

American Potato

Tyler Bocock

Jonathan Bennett

Jesus Christ

Jonathan Bennett

Lea DeLaria

Tamara

Lea DeLaria

Dan Lauria

John

Dan Lauria

Sera Barbieri

Sera Barbieri

Hersh Powers

Hersh Powers

Sophia Mitri Schloss

Sophia Mitri Schloss

Lauren Tewes

Lauren Tewes

Lady Rizo

Lady Rizo

James Grixoni

James Grixoni

Alycia Delmore

Alycia Delmore