Call DiCaprio!

Name: Call DiCaprio!
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Cast: Alexander Petrov, Andrey Burkovskiy, Yuliya Aleksandrova, Yuliya Khlynina, Aleksandra Revenko

TV series
2018–2019
1 season
Premier
Comedy
Drama

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5.9 TMDB worldwide · 18 ratings

The main character is the star of a popular TV series about doctors, actor Yegor Rumyantsev. Having achieved great success, he becomes an egoist and does not notice the feelings and experiences of those around him: he does not come to the shooting, leads a promiscuous sex life and deceives people. One day, Egor finds out that he has HIV. Rumyantsev's brother Lev is a mediocre and unlucky actor who runs a program about useful handicrafts on the cable channel "Ant-TV". Leo has a pregnant wife with two young daughters. He has no prospects for making money and moving up the career ladder until he gets a chance to replace his brother Yegor in the series

About the show

Call DiCaprio! is a Russian drama television series with elements of satire directed and co-written by Zhora Kryzhovnikov. The story follows two brothers: a popular, self-centered actor Yegor (Alexander Petrov), who discovers he has HIV, and his unlucky, unemployed brother Lev (Andrey Burkovsky), who gets the chance to replace Yegor in a popular TV series.

The series won the Russian Association of Film and Television Producers award for "Best TV Mini-Series", the "White Elephant" award for "Young Film Critics Voice", and the "Movement" film festival awards for Best Screenplay and Best Actor Duo (Alexander Petrov and Andrey Burkovsky). It was twice nominated for the Golden Eagle Awards (2020) for "Best TV Film or Mini-Series" and "Best Male TV Role" (Alexander Petrov).

The premiere was on 20 October 2018 on the streaming platform Premier, with the final episode released on 1 December 2018, coinciding with World AIDS Day. On TNT, it aired from 6 to 16 April 2020.

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