A Brooklyn sex worker's whirlwind marriage to an oligarch's son becomes a darkly comic, pulpy fight for legitimacy.
Big broad humor. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Hulu and Kanopy (free).
For an R, this one goes further: strong sex and nudity. Beyond that, some violence and frequent strong language.
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A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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