| | Style: Musical comedy
Director: Sasha Valenti
Main Cast: Julia Muranova (Julia), Tatiana Alyokhina (Tanya), Roman Erykalov (Roman), Eugene Afraimovich (Ptizza), Igor Avrov (Mikhail), Katya Nenazhenko (Katya), Anna Savenkova (Angela), Alexander Airapetov (Boss), Anatoli Chukhnov (Big Ben), Ludmila Trefilova (Anna), Ludmila Sokolova (herself), Alexei Khorenyak (Pinchuk), Vasya Firsov (annoying client), Elena Kotlyar (Ilona)
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| Once upon a time, right in the heart of Russia, there was a cute little jazz station. The station's young and perky staff was happy to share their passion for freedom, jazz and each other. Julia, the informal leader of the gang, is the station's creative director - sexy daredevil who's bright, ambitious and openly lesbian. She and her trusty sidekick Roman daily rouse up the airwaves with their quick and edgy show "Tasty Bits", where they mix funky tunes with snappy banter. Julia's love life is more about sex, than love, but a chance meeting with Tanya at a friend's birthday party deals a powerful blow to her hardened exterior. The girls' mutual attraction is instant, their repartees are slick and their nights are steamy. Julia tries to keep her cool, but her recovered spunk is a dead giveaway that this new relationship makes her as happy as a clam. The day Julia and Tanya stumble upon Tanya's ex-boyfriend Mikhail brings everybody down from cloud nine. Mikhail is a slightly neurotic small-time gangster who's dying to be like his boss, a mega-mafioso with a chain of casinos under his wing. He loses out to Julia in the competition for Tanya's attention, but decides to swallow his pride and recruit her help for a business scam. Mikhail tells Julia that Moscow's government mafia is trying to gain control over the local business and media, and that in the ensuing war for power her radio station and his boss's casinos would be the first ones to go. He offers her a choice: she can either watch her station sell out or she can use her media standing to prevent a hostile takeover. Unwilling to be pushed aside by the high and the mighty, Julia accepts the deal and enters the shady scheme to discredit the station and its potential buyers in each other's eyes. Her gutsy decision sets off a mad race full of sensitive gangsters, business-minded prostitutes, and neurotic businessmen - all part of a bumpy ride towards self-discovery and personal freedom. "Tasty Bits" is a musical adventure comedy about finding the taste for life and freedom. Its characters are intelligent, creative, life-hungry young people, who are ready to risk everything for the right to stay free. |
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