American Daughter

American Daughter
Directed byKaren Shakhnazarov
Written byAlexander Borodyansky
Karen Shakhnazarov[1]
Produced byBoris Giller
StarringVladimir Mashkov
Allison Whitbeck
CinematographyVladimir Shevtsik
Edited byLydia Milioti
Music byAnatoly Kroll
Production
company
Release date
  • 1995 (1995)
Running time
98 min
CountriesRussia
United States
LanguagesRussian
English

American Daughter (Russian: Американская дочь) is a Russian road comedy-drama film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov.[2]

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

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^ Фильм Карена Шахназарова «Американская дочь»
  2. ^ "Тайны "Американской дочери": Как личная драма подсказала Карену Шахназарову сюжет фильма". Культурология. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  3. ^ "Призёры "Кинотавра" 1991—2005". Archived from the original on 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  4. ^ 2nd SIFF at the Internet Movie Database
  5. ^ American Daughter on Mosfilm