''How I Became Russian'' (;

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

: ) is a 2019 Chinese-Russian

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

film directed by Xia Hao and Akaki Sakhelashvili, written by Andrey Zolotarev and Lei Guanglin, and starring Dong Chang, Vitaliy Khaev, Elizaveta Kononowa, and Sergey Chirkov. The film is an adaptation of the 2015 Russian comedy television series of the same name. The film premiered in

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on 17 January 2019, and opened in

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on 24 January 2019. The film follows a young Chinese man named Peng Peng as he tries to win the right to marry the Russian woman he fell in love with by overcoming trials that his would-be father-in-law creates for him.

Cast

* Dong Chang as Peng Peng, Protagonist and Ira's boyfriend. * Vitaliy Khaev as Anatoliy Platonov, Ira's father. * Elizaveta Kononowa as Ira Platanova, Peng's girlfriend. * Sergey Chirkov as Roman Andreevich Bistrov *

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as Ruben * Natalya Surkova as female cook * Sergey Sosnovsky as Fyodor * Wu Yuyao as Peng Cheng * Yang Zhiying as Peng's mother * Li Yuwen as Peng's father * Sheng Caixin as Grandpa * Hong Bingyao as Hong Shisi * Bai Feimeng as a heavy man nicknamed "Fatty" * Luo Zhouhong as an old aunt

Production

This film was shot in both Russia and China. Filming took place in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

, and

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

in 2018.

Release

In November 2018, the producers announced that the film was scheduled for release on January 24, 2019.

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gave the drama 4.7 out of 10.

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