I'm Losing It (2018) on Netflix
NR20181h 42mComedyDramaRomance
Anya's two loves are food and her boyfriend Zhenya, a swimming coach. When he leaves her over her weight gain, she sets out to lose it with Kolya, an overweight healthy-living enthusiast.
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- Netflix3.2/5
- IMDb6.4/102,866 votes
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Plot summary
In Nizhny Novgorod, Anya Kulikova's life turns on two things: food and her boyfriend Zhenya, an athlete who works as a swimming coach. Zhenya is not pleased with the weight that Anya has put on, and he decides to leave her. Anya is not ready to give up. She sets herself the goal of getting rid of the excess weight she has gained, and her best friend supports that decision. Kolya Barabanov is ready to help her as well: a good-natured man who carries extra weight of his own yet is devoted to a healthy way of living.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about I'm Losing It (2018)
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- The actress Aleksandra Bortich had to gain and lose 20 kg over the course of the making of the film.
- The main role was offered to Irina Gorbacheva, but she turned it down because she did not want to gain weight.
- Aleksandra Bortich did many of her own stunts: climbing from balcony to balcony on the eighth floor, jumping off a pier into water below 10 degrees, and running out of a burning bath in a burning sheet.
- Work on the script lasted two and a half years and produced 17 drafts, with the writers interviewing many girls and women concerned about losing weight to keep the film truthful.
- Before starting work on the film, director Aleksey Nuzhnyy and screenwriter Nikolay Kulikov lost 28 and 20 kg respectively, each shedding the weight ahead of production.
- Producer Ilya Naishuller played a smoked guest at a party; for the part he spent an entire shooting day lying on a couch with a blurred look and a bong in his hands.
