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Lovefest Film Puts 'Putin' in Romantic Light

Posted Feb 14, 08 11:12 AM CST in Arts & Living,  World 

(Newser) – A warm and fuzzy Russian movie about a politician's rise to the Kremlin, released today for Valentine's Day, bears more than a passing resemblance to Russian President Vladimir Putin, CNN reports. "It's a film about the life of a politician, about love, and the relationships every person has," gushed the producer of The Kiss Is Off the Record.

The movie's hero, whose speech and gait are remarkably like Putin's, is portrayed as a loving husband, doting dad—and political miracle worker. Russians at a Moscow screening didn't have any trouble figuring out who the film is meant to portray. Critics say the film is pure propaganda ahead of the March election, but doubt the Kremlin actually commissioned it—they insist it's too terrible a film. 

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Anatoly Voropayev, producer of the movie "The Kiss is Off the Record" is seen at a special screening of the movie in the Khudozhestvenny Cinema in downtown Moscow, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. "We believe that...   (Associated Press)
Vladimir Putin and his wife, Lyudmila. A new Russian romantic drama charts the lives of a pair very much like the President and his wife.   (Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and and his wife Lyudmila, right, walk in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 22. 2007. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Presidential Press Service, Mikhail Klimentyev)   (Associated Press)
Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles during a Railway Congress in Moscow's Kremlin on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007. An increasingly assertive Vladimir Putin heads to Portugal this week for talks with...   (Associated Press)
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