Moscow on the Hudson (1984) starring Robin Williams, Maria Conchita Alonso, Cleavant Derricks. Williams plays a Russian saxophonist who comes to visit America with the Moscow Circus. While shopping in Bloomingdale's, just before time to catch the airplane back to the Soviet Union, he decides to defect. He is befriended and taken in by a security guard at the store (Derricks), and a sales clerk named Lucia (Alonso) provides the romantic interest. Note that the movie takes place in 1984, before the fall of the Soviet Union, so defection still had some meaning. I'm not a big Robin Williams fan, but in this film he is fine. Very good subtitles. Grade: B+
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