American Bet (1997)
- Original title
- Американка
- Directed by
- Dmitry Meskhiev
- Genre
- romance film, teen film
- Country
- Russia
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 12 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A teenager experiences a romantic relationship and the difficulties that come with it. The story takes place in Russia in the late 1990s.
romanticteen-focusedmelancholicslow-burnearnestbittersweetnostalgicslightly naive
What happens
American Bet (Russian: Американка) is a 1997 Russian romance film directed by Dmitry Meskhiev. based on a novel by Yuri Korotkov (Russian novelist and scenario writer, not related in any way to ex-KGB agent and defected dissident Yuri Krotkov, "Korotkov" and "Krotkov" are not same surnames despite looking or sounding similar). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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