Rolls (2022 film)

Rolls (Булки) is a 2022 Russian comedy film directed by Oleg Asadulin. The film tells about a girl who dreams of her own cafe and finds herself in Sri Lanka, deprived of money, documents and a spouse, but with a hangover and three guys who do not like her at all, played by Kristina Asmus.

Rolls is scheduled to be theatrically released in 2022, by KaroRental.

Plot
Talented baker Tanya Babanina from Protvino near Moscow bakes masterfully and dreams of her own cafe. But to fulfill a dream, they say, you need to get out of your comfort zone. And Tanya goes out on an international scale, finding crazy adventures on her rolls. One in Sri Lanka. Without money, documents and a husband who cheated on her immediately after the wedding. But with a hangover, in a winter coat and … under the same roof with three guys who are not at all happy with her.

Cast

 * Kristina Asmus as Tatiana "Tanya" Babanina, a baker / the second I am Tanya
 * Arseny Robak as Boris "Borya" Romantsev, Tanya's fiancé after a divorce
 * Boris Dergachev as Sasha
 * Mark Bogatyryov as Kirill
 * Vasant Balan as Raju, an Indian from entering the island
 * Yuliya Topolnitskaya as Olya, Tanya's acquaintance
 * Valentina Mazunina as Svetlana "Sveta", a female police officer, and Tanya's friend
 * Tatyana Orlova as Elena Babanina, Tanya's mom
 * Aleksandr Revenko as Igor, a business man

Casting
For example, one of the key actors Vasant Balan is a Russian comedian of the Indian descent who could not get a visa to go to Sri Lanka.

Filming
Principal photography for the project began in early March 2020 and took place in Sri Lanka. On March 12, after finishing the filming block, all the artists returned to Moscow. Six days later, Colombo Airport stopped operating all overseas flights due to the pandemic. The entire film crew did not have time to leave the island, in connection with this, the production of the film was temporarily suspended, as the team was under quarantine measures.

In the summer of 2021, it became known that the filming of the comedy in Sri Lanka had resumed. The film crew had to face a lot of unforeseen difficulties after a year and a half after a forced pause due to the pandemic.

Release
The first teaser trailer of Rolls was released on November 19, 2021.