The Crimean Bridge. Made with Love!
The Crimean Bridge: Made with Love! () is a 2018 Russian state funded film directed by Tigran Keosayan. Plot. The Crimean Bridge is being built in Kerch, a city in eastern Crimea, during the summer. Two men at the construction site are pursuing an archeology student named Varya: Viktor, a PR man from Moscow who arrives in a white convertible with an American television crew, and Dima, a young and ambitious builder. Meanwhile, Bernard is trying to accomplish his dream of marrying an American and going to Hollywood. Production. Filming took place in the Kerch  Strait and on the island of Tuzla on a construction site where the supports and metal spans of the Crimean bridge were being installed. Actors worked close to engineers, installers and welders. Some scenes were filmed alongside residents of the Crimea and the Kuban. Allegations. In March 2020, opposition politician Alexey Navalny released a video alleging serious corruption during the production of the film by director Tigran Keosayan and writer Margarita Simonyan. Kazakhstan's cinemas refused to screen this film, calling it propaganda.