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The dark tragicomedy stars Maria Bakalova, who appeared opposite Sacha Baron Cohen in Amazon’s Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and returns to her Bulgarian film roots.
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
Her most recent screen role was an episode of Showtime’s Emmy-winning family tragicomedy Shameless (2021).
—EW.com, 18 July 2024
With influences drawn from tragicomedies and coming-of-age indie rom-coms and more distinctly social media platforms like TikTok and X (formerly Twitter), many of us try to inject a sense of drama, excitement and mystery into our lives by, well, making some dubious decisions.
—Beauty Dhlamini, refinery29.com, 15 Jan. 2024
The tragicomedy follows a New York journalist named Ruth (Dunham), who confronts generational family trauma on a trip to Poland with her father, Edek (Stephen Fry), a Holocaust survivor.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
Her most recent screen role was an episode of Showtime’s Emmy-winning family tragicomedy Shameless (2021).
—EW.com, 18 July 2024
With influences drawn from tragicomedies and coming-of-age indie rom-coms and more distinctly social media platforms like TikTok and X (formerly Twitter), many of us try to inject a sense of drama, excitement and mystery into our lives by, well, making some dubious decisions.
—Beauty Dhlamini, refinery29.com, 15 Jan. 2024
The tragicomedy follows a New York journalist named Ruth (Dunham), who confronts generational family trauma on a trip to Poland with her father, Edek (Stephen Fry), a Holocaust survivor.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024
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