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Just Another Immigrant: Romesh at the Greek
Just Another Immigrant: Romesh at the Greek

Just Another Immigrant: Romesh at the Greek

Genres

Comedy

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Romesh Ranganathan, a successful comedian in England, moves his entire family to Los Angeles to pursue his lifelong dream of making it as a stand-up comedian in America. He then takes the drastic, and possibly foolish, step of performing his first ever U.S. stand-up show at the six-thousand seat historic Greek Theater.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

54 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

27 July 2018

Country

United States of America

Cast

Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh Ranganathan

Himself

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