''The Good Boy'' (russian: Хороший мальчик, Khoroshiy malchik) is a 2016 Russian

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by Oksana Karas. The picture won the Grand Prix of the 27th

Kinotavr Kinotavr (russian: Кинотавр), also known as the Sochi Open Russian Film Festival is an open film festival held in the resort city of Sochi, Russia annually in June since 1991, until it was cancelled in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasio ...

. It was released on November 10, 2016.

Plot

The film depicts six days from the life of ninth-grader Kolya Smirnov (Semyon Treskunov). Kolya falls in love with his teacher (Ieva Andreevajte). Someone sets fire to the school's additional building which contained the new computers, the principal's daughter, high school student Ksyusha (Anastasia Bogatyryova), in turn falls in love with Kolya and is under the impression that Kolya was the one who set the school on fire. Kolya's father Alexander (

Konstantin Khabensky Konstantin Yurievich Khabensky, PAR (russian: link=no, Константин Юрьевич Хабенский; born 11 January 1972) is a Russian actor of stage and film, director and philanthropist. From 1997 he was part of the Saint Petersbu ...

) makes the family transition to the 12/36 system – this means twelve hours for sleep and thirty-six hours for staying awake, which does not allow the protagonist to sleep or even to collect thoughts.

Cast

Semyon Treskunov Semyon Alekseevich Treskunov (russian: Семён Алексе́евич Трескуно́в; born 14 November 1999) is a Russian actor. He appeared in more than ten films since 2012. Early life Semyon Treskunov was born in Moscow, Russia. His ...

– Kolya Smirnov * Mikhail Yefremov – Vladimir Dronov *

– Alexander Smirnov *Anastasia Bogatyryova – Ksysha Dronova *Ieva Andreevajte – Alisa Denisovna *

Aleksandr Pal Aleksandr Vladimirovich Pal (russian: Александр Владимирович Паль; born 16 December 1988) is a Russian actor. He appeared in more than fifteen films since 2013. Biography Pal is a descendant of Russian Germans caught up ...

— Stanislav Ilyich

Production

Semyon Treskunov auditioned for the film ''The Good Boy'' for the first time when he was 11, and this was the third casting in his life. At that time he was too young for this role. Because of problems with financing, the launching of the preparatory period was repeatedly postponed and by the time investors appeared Treskunov had grown to the age required by the scenario.

References

External links

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Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Good Boy, The Walt Disney Pictures films Russian teen comedy films 2010s coming-of-age comedy films 2010s teen comedy films 2010s high school films Russian coming-of-age comedy films 2016 comedy films Films produced by Fyodor Bondarchuk