You and I

You and I (Russian: Ты и я; also known by its working title, Finding t.A.T.u.) is a 2011 drama-film directed by Roland Joffé, an English-French film director who is known for his Oscar nominated movies The Killing Fields and The Mission, 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. Indeed, in the capital at night, among the clubs and parties, all things are possible, from becoming a luxurious model, to waking up in the morning a pop star while she was only looking for true love. 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 January 31, 2012. Despite the film not being released to mainstream film critics, You and I received mixed reviews from film critics.