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Russian Doll (2001)

Russian Doll poster
Directed by
Stavros Kazantzidis
Genre
comedy drama
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A neurotic private investigator in Sydney who wants to be a crime writer reluctantly agrees to marry his best friend's mistress. The film follows the messy complications that follow.

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What happens

Russian Doll is a 2001 Australian romantic comedy film directed by Stavros Kazantzidis and produced by Allanah Zitserman, starring Hugo Weaving, David Wenham and Natalia Novikova Set in and around the Bondi Beach area of Sydney, Australia, the film follows Harvey, a neurotic private investigator and wannabe crime writer, who gets asked to marry his best friend's mistress. The film was released on 6 April 2001. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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