Max speaks only English. Marina speaks only Russian. There are a lot of barriers to their romance – the weather, culture, the languages, politics of US-Russians foreign policy, the politics of making a film. However, they have translate.google.com. The translation doesn’t always make things easy but then things aren’t always seamless between men and women from the same cultures.

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http://www.magicalrealism.us/2014/06/19/translate-google-com/ Max speaks only English. Marina speaks only Russian. There are a lot of barriers to their romance; but they have translate.google.com to confuse things. Google should fund this feature film as it is written specifically about and focusing on their globalization tool translate.google.com. PLOT SUMMARY Max, a single 50 something American professor, arrives in Moscow to film a movie which he has written. Marina, a single 30 something, is one of Russia’s hot young female directors, the movie is her first feature. Max speaks only English and Spanish. Marina speaks only Russian and French. The script was in English and was translated to Russian with translate.google.com. Marina and Max share love for the film, the concept. Max and Marina have established a working relationship via translate.google.com. Part of this screenplay’s message is the role technology is playing in globalization. Max and sold the idea for the film entirely in a language he doesn’t speak. Max’s script is only workable in Russia and for the Russian market. It is in it’s soul a Russian movie. Max doesn’t speak Russian. Marina is somewhat neglected by her fiancé, Vyacheslav, a celebrity rock star who is away from Moscow touring. Marina is unsure of her future with Vyacheslav as she believes he takes more interest in his female fans, most notably young music groupies. She does however have a slight romantic inclination to Max, who thrills her with fantastic and magical stories. Max is plagued by the feeling that he cannot compete against such a macho rival as a rock star. But Marina was born a creative person. She really only values creativity. Vyacheslav is simply in a group of performers. He photographs much better than he performs. Musically he isn’t anything unique. When Vyacheslav, speaks of music he always makes a reference to guitar riffs he borrowed from western artists. When asked to add even simple lyrics, he can’t. At the same time, Max’s own marriage has ended. He is tired and lacking in romance as he goes through a midlife crisis. Marina is of course very attractive to him. He is sick of teaching politics to college freshmen and wants to be a professional screenwriter. While he could easily stay in the US while the film is being shot, he is invited and does go to Russia. The charm and also the obstacle to Max and Marina’s romance is language. They can easily talk about the film and plan the film via email. But as their romance develops we find them texting each other across restaurant tables. Walking in the park, texting each other. They can’t hold hands for longer than a minute or two. Both are very expressive and have many words for each other. Many years ago Max turned his back on his own nation’s politics. Max is a libertarian in the US which has edged slowly toward socialism. His university mentor in the 1980’s predicted that Russia would someday be free and the US population would be slaves to the government. He believes Russia is free today and the US is oppressed. He would not mind staying in Russia. As he gets closer to Marina he becomes closer to the Russian government. He gives some interview to the press and he is perceived to be pro-government. However, most of Marina’s art and film friends are with the opposition. Completely fed up with the government meddling in every aspect of the human experience and highly critical of its socialist and uneducated U.S. leaders, Max has fled to the big city of Moscow where he has more than even odds at romance with Marina. Across a deep cultural gap, there are the lively members of the Russian film crew who love to joyfully celebrate with their music and dance. For the Professor with his stoic academic attitudes, the life-embracing customs of the art crowd are a continual source of shock and astonishment. Marina and her friends change Max’s outlook on life and begin to “rusify” him. Unexpectedly, Max meets an old love, a nurse on vacation with her family, and there is the potential their flame again re-ignites. But the reason Max is in Moscow is because of Marina. And after a long and complicated romance via translate.google.com, Marina spends the night in Max’s hotel room. The nurse arrives at Max’s room to go out for breakfast only to find Marina, leading to conflict and tension over a subsequent lunch. Later that day, at the film location, Max and the nurse reconcile and express how they will miss each other. The nurse seeing Max in a role different from professor and with a 30 something successful woman, has chosen to accept Max, but it is too late. In the final scene, we see Max and Marina inches from each other in the bed of her apartment, texting each other via translate.google.com.

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