You and I (2008 film)
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| Directed by | Roland Joffé |
| Screenplay by | Shawn Schepps Luke Goltz Andrew Cullen |
| Based on | t.A.T.u. Come Back by Aleksey Mitrofanov and Anastasiya Moiseeva |
| Produced by | Sergei Konov Leonid Minkovski Stephen Nemeth |
| Starring | Mischa Barton Anton Yelchin Lena Katina Julia Volkova Charlie Creed-Miles Helena Mattsson Alexander Kaluzhsky Bronson Pinchot Shantel VanSanten |
| Cinematography | Philip Robertson |
| Edited by | Richard Nord |
| Music by | Jeff Cardoni |
Production companies | Angels Kiss RAMCO |
| Distributed by | Central Partnership (Russia) Grindstone Entertainment Group (United States) |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Countries | United States Russia |
| Languages | English Russian |
| Budget | $12 million |
| Box office | $908,578 |
You and I (Russian: Ты и я; also known by its working title, Finding t.A.T.u.) is a 2008 drama film directed by Roland Joffé depicting a fictionalised version of real events adapted from the novel t.A.T.u. Come Back. The film features Mischa Barton, Anton Yelchin, Charlie Creed-Miles, Helena Mattsson, Alexander Kaluzhsky, Bronson Pinchot and Shantel VanSanten. The film is about a teenage girl, Lana, who moves from a rural town in Russia to Moscow, completely unaware that meeting an internet girlfriend, Janie, will result in a string of adventures.
Casting and filming began in May 2007, and it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2008. The film was released in the United States on 31 January 2012. Despite the film not being released to mainstream film critics, You and I received mixed reviews from film critics.