Director: Amanda Jane Writer: Christine Bartlett and Amanda Jane Co-starring: Josh Lawson (as Steve), Steve Bisley (as Roger), Rhonda Burchmore (as Cheryl), Nadine Garner (as Lisa) Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance Filming: Filmed in Melbourne from April 20th to June 6th 2009. Budget: AU$1.8m Box Office: Runtime: 110mins

A warm-hearted and upbeat romantic comedy that dares to paint a family portrait of a most unusual kind in which Isabel Lucas plays Ana Petrov, an impossibly beautiful young Russian woman who flees Russia, desperate to stay in Australia with the man she loves. It’s a story about the Thompsons, a family whose individual love lives range from deviant to delicious to downright desperate. Deep in debt, the youngest son, Steve (Josh Lawson), agrees to marry the beautiful Russian girl Ana for cash. But when his plans for a secret registry affair are discovered by his family, Steve finds himself at the centre of the world’s most farcical wedding, and any notion of convenience is well and truly out the window. The only problem is, Steve is in love with someone else.

Australia – June 10th 2010 December 1st 2010

Photos: Gallery at Isabel Lucas Online
Videos: Trailer #1

• Isabel learnt some Russian for this role
• Previously known as Kin. It’s name was changed in June 2010 due to people mishearing it and thinking it was called ‘Kim’ or ‘King’, but also because the director Amanda Jane wanted something that better reflected the entertaining and fun aspects of the film.
• Will be opening the Melbourne International Film Festival on July 22nd 2010.

» Amanda Jane (director) – “We had the title in the back of our minds for a lonn time, as an alternative title. We decided to change it because the film is entertaining, fun, and we wanted a title that suited those aspects more. It’s full of music, a fantastic cast and great comic actors.”

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