Potato Dreams of America

Potato Dreams of America

Real life is stranger than fiction

2021•1h 37m•6.4/10

ComedyDramaFantasy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.4/10(23)

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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Creative Capital

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Marya Sea Kaminski

Marya Sea Kaminski

American Lena

Tyler Bocock

Tyler Bocock

American Potato

Jonathan Bennett

Jonathan Bennett

Jesus Christ

Lea DeLaria

Lea DeLaria

Tamara

Dan Lauria

Dan Lauria

John

Sera Barbieri

Sera Barbieri

Hersh Powers

Hersh Powers

Sophia Mitri Schloss

Sophia Mitri Schloss

Lauren Tewes

Lauren Tewes

Lady Rizo

James Grixoni

James Grixoni

Alycia Delmore

Woody Shticks

Cameron Lee Price

Cameron Lee Price

Drew Highlands

Max Willoughby

Max Willoughby

Quinlan Corbett

Nick Sage Palmieri

Nick Sage Palmieri

Paris Original

Luminous Pariah

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