You
and I
(2007-2011)
You and
I (I'll only ever know
this film as Finding
t.a.t.u thank you very
much) is about two
online friends Russian
country girl Lana
(Mischa Barton) and
American girl living in
Moscow Janie (Shantel
VanSanten) who bond over
their love of girl duo
t.a.t.u. Lana dreams of
being a model and writes
lyrics influenced by
t.a.t.u. Janie has a new
Russian mum and gets by
stealing her mother's
drugs. They plan to meet
each other at the
t.a.t.u concert in
Moscow, but when they
get there, it turns out
the tickets are fake.
So, they go looking for
a party and end up at
one where they meet
dodgy boy band promoter
Ian (Charlie
Creed-Miles) and one of
the band members Dima
(Alex Kaluzhsky) who
introduces them to
famous fashion mogul
Edvard (Anton Yelchin,
honing his Chekov) and
the party life. Things
are about to go awry as
they taste the high
life. Janie gets hooked
on heroin and Lana gets
sent up to jail (which
bizarrely looks like the
same place she
works...). But, there's
a surprise in store for
Lana and Janie and it
involves t.a.t.u.
Filmed
(and possibly finished)
in 2007, so much so it's
final 2011 release has
an 'Introducing Shantel
VanSanten' even though
The Final Destination
was her first film
released, You and I is
pretty much and sex and
shoot 'em up drugs film
that was promised, but
is downright laughable
at every turn, which is
exactly what I wanted. I
can't decide what was
more laughable in the
film, a YouTube video
with no hits becoming
the worldwide sensation
hit that t.a.t.u was
looking for, Bronson
Pinchot bizarrely cold
cameo, Edvard 'leaving'
the girls alone so they
can have a lesbian
affair in his bed, Lana
thinking of becoming a
whore, Lana going to
jail for a trumped up
public nuisance charge
after the son of local
'entrepreneur' who has a
thing for her has his
chance of a recording
contract snuffed out or
the terrible singing he
tries to get one with.
Or, or, oh it's just all
bad, but who cares, it's
every bit as bad I hoped
it would be and that's
all I wanted. Or how
Janie is found on the
street by t.a.t.u's
producer, even though he
has no idea who she
is...
Mischa
Barton film clips
 
Shantel
VanSanten film clips
film
clips with both girls
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