| American Daughter | |
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| Directed by | Karen Shakhnazarov |
| Written by | Alexander Borodyansky Karen Shakhnazarov |
| Produced by | Boris Giller |
| Starring | Vladimir Mashkov Allison Whitbeck |
| Cinematography | Vladimir Shevtsik |
| Edited by | Lydia Milioti |
| Music by | Anatoly Kroll |
| Production company | Mosfilm |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 98 min |
| Countries | Russia United States |
| Languages | Russian English |
American Daughter (Russian: Американская дочь) is a Russian road comedy-drama film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov.
Plot
Alexey is a musician at a Moscow restaurant, who arrives in San Francisco to kidnap his daughter. Little Anya was secretly taken away by his ex-wife, who is married to a respectable American.
After a touching meeting with his daughter, they begin hitchhiking throughout America, full of comedic situations and adventures.
He ends up in prison for kidnapping and the former spouse visits him and offers a deal - he will be released if he signs the official refusal of the child. Alexey does not agree to abandon his daughter.
Some time passes. In the American prison, the prisoners are busy doing yard work, but suddenly the roar of a helicopter that flies around, and then lands directly on the territory of the zone, is heard in the sky. The cockpit door opens. At the helm is Anya. She calls her father who is perplexed, but gets into the helicopter with his American friend. They take off.
Cast
- Vladimir Mashkov as Alexey
- Allison Whitbeck [ru] as Anya / Anne
- Maria Shukshina as Olga Varakina, Anya's mother
- Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Archie Ardov, a friend of Aleksei's in America
- Teddy Lane Jr. as Smith, Aleksei's cellmate
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Awards and nominations
| Awards and nominations | |||||
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| Award | Year | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref. |
| Kinotavr | 1995 | Grand Prize | American Daughter | Nominated | |
| Prize of the Presidential Council | Allison Whitbeck | Won | |||
| Shanghai International Film Festival | 1995 | Special Jury Award | Karen Shakhnazarov | Won | |
| Nika Awards | 1995 | Best Sound Editing | Igor Mayorov | Nominated | |
| Artek Children's Film Festival | 1995 | Best Actress | Allison Whitbeck | Won | |
| Golden Aries [ru] | 1995 | Best Producer | Boris Giller | Won | |
References
- Фильм Карена Шахназарова «Американская дочь»
- "Тайны "Американской дочери": Как личная драма подсказала Карену Шахназарову сюжет фильма". Культурология. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- "Призёры "Кинотавра" 1991—2005". Archived from the original on 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
- 2nd SIFF at the Internet Movie Database
- American Daughter on Mosfilm
External links
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- 1995 films
- 1990s road comedy-drama films
- Russian road comedy-drama films
- Russian-language comedy-drama films
- Films directed by Karen Shakhnazarov
- Mosfilm films
- 1990s Russian films
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- 1990s Russian-language films
- 1995 multilingual films
- Russian multilingual films
- Foreign films set in the United States
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