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American Daughter (Amerikanskaya doch)
Мосфильм, 1995
Director: Shakhnazarov Karen
Script: Borodyansky Alexander, Shakhnazarov Karen
Music by: Kroll Anatoly
Genre: Melodrama
Running time: 93 min.
Description
The film’s protagonist, a musician at one of Moscow’s restaurants, flies to San Francisco in order to… kidnap his own daughter.In this film by Karen Shakhnazarov, Maria Shukshina and Vladimir Mashkov portray a divorced couple fighting for the possession of their only child. The wife deserted her husband and, together with their little daughter Anya (Allyson Whitbeck), secretly left Russia for San Francisco where she married a respectable American. The woman was fed up with her not too comfortable life with a musician playing at a Moscow restaurant. Four years later, the father arrives in America, just to see his beloved daughter. Following a touching reunion, the father and daughter decide to make a secret escape, the idea belonging entirely to the 11-year-old Anya who wouldn’t part with her daddy. And here starts their fascinating hitchhiking trip all over America, packed with comical situations and adventure…
Cast
Whitbeck Allison, Mashkov Vladimir, Shukshina Maria, Dzhigarkhanyan Armen, Epp Steven, Hayes Johnny, Brownson Malcolm, Davis Jennifer, Morris Dale, Lane Teddy, Carothers Mariann, Lawrence Brian
Awards
- Kinotavr IFF – Special Prize of the President’s Council to a Debuting Actress (Allyson Whitbeck), 1995
- Montreal IFF, Canada – Participant of the competition program, 1995
- 2nd IFF in Shanghai, China – Special Prize, 1995
- IFF of Children’s Films in Artek – Best Actress Award (Allyson Whitbeck)
Special features
- Interview with director K. Shakhnazarov
- Filmographies
- Photoalbum “Making of K. Shakhazarov's films”
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