A Dog Named Palma
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Directed by | Aleksandr Domogarov Jr. |
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Based on | Waiting for Two Years by Yuri Rost |
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Cinematography | Sergey Dyshuk |
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Distributed by | Central Partnership |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Russia |
Language | Russian |
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A Dog Named Palma (
It was released theatrically on March 18, 2021 by Central Partnership.
Plot
In 1977 Soviet Union, the owner of a German Shepherd named Palma flies abroad. But Palma hides at the airport and waits for her owner. She meets a boy named Kolya Lazarev, who has lost his mother, and they become best friends.[3]
Cast
- Viktor Dobronravov as Vyacheslav Lazarev, an aircraft commander
- Liliya (German Shepherd) as Palma
- Leonid Basov as Kolya Lazarev, a boy
- Vladimir Ilyin as Sergey Tikhonov, an airport technician, Nina Tikhonova's father
- Valeriya Fedorovich as Nina Tikhonova, a stewardess, Sergey Tikhonov's daughter
- OJSC "Soviet Aeroflot"
- Igor Khripunov as Evgeny Golikov, head of the Soviet Security Service
- co-pilot
- Vladimir Simonov as Ivan Lysko
- Yan Tsapnik as Igor Polsky, owner of the shepherd Palma
- Filipp Savinkov as Kravchenko, a male flight attendant
- Darya Luzina as Anna, a flight attendant
- Elena Anisimova as Raisa Semenovna, an aviation cashier
- Bain Bovaldinov as Fedya, a policeman
Production
In 1976 the Komsomol Truth published an article about this called Waiting for Two Years, written by Yuri Rost, in 1988, based on the article, a feature film was made Tethered to the Runway (ru), directed by Vladimir Khmelnitsky.[4]
Casting
More than 300 children passed the casting for the role of the boy Kolya Lazarev, before the director approved Leonid Basov. For him, this is his film debut.
Filming
Release
The Russian premiere of the film took place on March 18, 2021 by Central Partnership.
References
- Russian Cinema Fund`s Analytics (RCFA)
- ^ "Пальма - Financial Information Russia (CIS)". The Numbers. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
- ^ "Пальма / A Dog Named Palma (2021)". www.kinoafisha.info (in Russian).
- IMDb
External links
- A Dog Named Palma at IMDb