A modern Russian fairytale about an American actress who adopts a little Russian girl in St. Petersburg in 1994. The actress, Molly McKay, arrives to find a Russia struggling to become a free market democracy. She also discovers that the TV show she starred in back in the ‘80s in the U.S. is now a big hit in Russia, complicating an already harrowing adoption journey. Then there are the two handsome princes, one Russian, one American, and all the other fairytale characters who help or hinder My Russian Clementine.
My Russian Clementine was produced, written, directed, and edited by Chris Côté and Dayle Kerry.
Starring Dayle Kerry, Nikita Korshunov, Anastasiya Rul, Maria Spassoff, Sean Cully, Chris Côté, Robin Abcarian, Ali Badalov, Viktoriia Bondarenko, Anastasiia Bratchenko, Christopher Callen, Edie Côté, Jean Dalton, Marcel Geloen, Andy Goldberg, Helaine Lembeck, Hanna Maksimachkina, Luca Manganaro, Cece McClennan, Don McClennan, Josh McClenney, Ego Mikitas, Annie Semenova, Anton Shuster, Claire Simba, Evgeniia Tikhonova, Roy Vongtama, William Woff and Les Zaev.
Music by Igor Stravinsky from his ballet, Petroushka, performed by the Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez conducting.
Special thanks to Katya and Anton Roslov, Gennady Lakshin, Kent Ertugrul, Nick Holmes, Kelsey Gielen and Jack Côté.
Titles read by Matylda Kerry, the real Clementine.
The producers are grateful financial contributors to Freesound.org and the Cleveland Orchestra.
