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Potato Dreams of America

2021 · 97 min

A bittersweet, funny, and surreal coming-of-age tale that blends harsh reality with imaginative escapism, offering a heartfelt immigrant perspective.

Directed by
Wes Hurley
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Tagline
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.

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Directed by
Wes Hurley
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • immigration
  • family
  • sexuality
Places
  • small town
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour7
Realism7
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
comedy, drama, fantasy
Directed by
Wes Hurley
Written by
Wes Hurley
Starring
Marya Sea Kaminski, Tyler Bocock, Jonathan Bennett, Lea DeLaria, Dan Lauria, Sera Barbieri, Hersh Powers, Sophia Mitri Schloss
Music
Catherine Joy, Joshua Kohl Hegmann
Cinematography
Vincent Pierce
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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