''A Dog Named Palma'' (russian: Пальма) is a 2021 Russian

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film directed by Aleksandr Domogarov Jr., based on real events that took place in 1974-1976 at the Moscow's

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. It was released theatrically on March 18, 2021 by

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Plot

In 1977

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, the owner of a

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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.

Cast

Viktor Dobronravov Viktor Fyodorovich Dobronravov (russian: link=no, Виктор Фёдорович Добронра́вов; born 8 March 1983) is a Russian theatre actor, dubbing professional, musician, and leader of the Carpet Quartet group. Merited Artist of ...

as Vyacheslav Lazarev, an

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* Liliya (German Shepherd) as Palma * Leonid Basov as Kolya Lazarev, a boy * Vladimir Ilyin as Sergey Tikhonov, an airport

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, Nina Tikhonova's father * Valeriya Fedorovich as Nina Tikhonova, a

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, Sergey Tikhonov's daughter * Evgeniya Dmitrieva as Lyubov Zhurina, head of the flight squad of OJSC " Soviet Aeroflot" * Igor Khripunov as Evgeny Golikov, head of the Soviet Security Service *

Pavel Maykov Pavel Sergeevich Maykov (russian: Па́вел Серге́евич Ма́йков; born October 15, 1975, in Mytishchi) is a Russian theater, film and voice actor, TV presenter, singer and musician. Maykov is best known for starring as Viktor Pch ...

as Georgy Krasilov,

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* Vladimir Simonov as Ivan Lysko *

Yan Tsapnik Yan Yurevich Tsapnik (russian: Ян Ю́рьевич Ца́пник; born 15 August 1968) is a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor. Yan appeared in more than 200 films. Biography Early life Yan Tsapnik was born in Irkutsk, Russian SFSR, Sov ...

as Igor Polsky, owner of the shepherd Palma * Filipp Savinkov as Kravchenko, a male

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* Darya Luzina as Anna, a

* Elena Anisimova as Raisa Semenovna, an aviation cashier * Bain Bovaldinov as Fedya, a

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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.

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

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of the film took place in one of the airports near

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and the Belarusian Brest. The local airport, which retained its

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interiors and was not very busy, was best suited to reproduce the atmosphere of the 70s. About 500 residents of Brest were used as extras for the crowd scenes.

Release

The Russian premiere of the film took place on March 18, 2021 by

References

External links

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