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Imperia Entertainment Translates Into Quality Feature Films With Say It In Russian

Dramatic Love Story Stars Academy Award Winner Faye Dunaway and Russian Sensation Agata Gotova

Los Angeles/Cannes (PRWEB) May 19, 2006 -- Independent film production and distribution company Imperia Entertainment, Inc. (www.imperiaentertainment.com) is bringing its recently completed drama Say It in Russian to the Cannes Film Festival, it was announced by Executive Producer and Chairman of the company Ken Eade. The film, which will be sold by Torchlight Entertainment during the film festival and market, stars Academy Award winner Faye Dunaway and Russian television and film sensation Agata Gotova.

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“Say It in Russian” marks the leading role debut in American film for Gotova, who also penned the screenplay which is loosely based on her true life story. The powerful film follows the story of an American man who falls in love with a young Russian girl and follows her to Russia, gets involved in a hurricane of events surrounding her father, a rich Russian mafia oligarch. Legendary talent Faye Dunaway also stars in the film which is set in the picturesque capitals of Paris and Moscow.

A newcomer to American cinema but not to the entertainment industry, Gotova began her career as a child in the former Soviet Union, where she starred in the children’s morning television show, “Budilnik.” As a teenager, she toured Europe and the Soviet Union as a principal member of the dance ensemble, “Kalinka,” and headlined the 1989 film, “Kalinka.” As a young adult, she developed a successful theater career in Russia which culminated in famous satirist Mikhail Jevanetsky’s “Political Cabaret” before immigrating to France and then to the United States, where she has produced films and television programs, including the award-winning celebrity interview program, “Autograph.”

Additional cast members include Steven Brand ("The Scorpion King"), Rade Sherbedgia ("Surface"), Alex Nesic ("Sleeper Cell"), Steven Berkoff ("Beverly Hills Cop"), star leading man of the Soviet film era, Oleg Vidov ("Red Heat"), actress Musetta Vander ("Wild Wild West"), and actor Elya Baskin ("Moscow on the Hudson").

About Imperia Entertainment
Imperia Entertainment, Inc. (www.imperiaentertainment.com) is a company which has emerged as a player in the area of independent film production and distribution, once monopolized by the major film studios. In conjunction with its distribution subsidiary, Imperia International Distribution, the company engages in investing in and producing and distributing full-length feature films. In addition to Say It In Russian, the company has an equity interest in "All That I Need" (www.allthatineed.net) and "Whiskers," the family movie about an intelligent seal, produced by Jordan Klein ("Flipper," "Jaws," "Splash"). The company has amassed an impressive media library, including the award-winning television series "Autograph" (www.autograph.tv), which airs on the Colours Television Network, and the newly acquired "Faces and Names" television series.

Source: Imperia Entertainment, Inc. www.imperiaentertainment.com, www.allthatineed.net

For more information or to schedule a time to speak with Faye Dunaway, Agata Gotova or Ken Eade, please contact Lauren Lewis at
Levine Communications Office.

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