Potato Dreams of America

About Potato Dreams of America

A true story about a gay boy growing up in the collapsing USSR, his courageous mail-order bride mother, and their adventurous escape to Seattle in the 90s.

Potato Dreams of America is a 2021 comedy fantasy film directed by Wes Hurley. It runs 97 minutes and was released in November 2021.

Its themes are male homosexuality, immigration, autobiographical, and LGBT.

Marya Sea Kaminski stars as American Lena, Tyler Bocock as American Potato, Jonathan Bennett as Jesus Christ, and Lea DeLaria as Tamara. The screenplay is by Wes Hurley. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Dekkoo Amazon Channel.

Mysterious Skin, Edge of Seventeen, and Boys Life 2 make useful companions to Potato Dreams of America, all filed under 1990s and gay theme. It carries a NR rating.