A Dog Named Palma

{{Infobox film

| name = A Dog Named Palma

| image = A_Dog_Named_Palma.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Aleksandr Domogarov Jr.

| producer = {{Plainlist|

Ruben Dishdishyan (ru)
Leonard Blavatnik
Anton Zlatopolskiy
Narek Martirosyan
Kristina Reylyan

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| writer = {{Plainlist|

Yekaterina Mavromatis
Aleksandr Domogarov Jr.
Yevgeny Kazachkov

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| based_on = {{Based on|Waiting for Two Years|Yuri Rost}}

| starring = {{Plainlist|

Viktor Dobronravov
Leonid Basov
Vladimir Ilyin
Valeriya Fedorovich
Evgeniya Dmitrieva
Igor Khripunov
Pavel Maykov
Vladimir Simonov

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| music = {{Plainlist|

Ivan Burlyayev (ru)
Konstantin Kupriyanov
Dmitriy Noskov

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| cinematography = Sergey Dyshuk

| editing = {{Plainlist|

Maksim Smirnov
Aleksandr Domogarov Jr.

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| studio = {{Plainlist|

Mars Media Entertainment
AMedia (ru)
Russia-1
Okko Studios
Ministry of Culture
Cinema Fund

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| distributor = Central Partnership

| runtime = 110 minutes

| released = {{Film date|2021|3|18|Russia|2021|}}

| country = Russia

| language = Russian

| budget = {{plainlist |

{{RUB}}95 million
~$1 million

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| gross = {{plainlist |

{{RUB}}>341 million[https://ekinobilet.fond-kino.ru/films/detail/111023220/ Box Office], Russian Cinema Fund`s Analytics (RCFA)
>$5,449,847{{Cite web|title=Пальма - Financial Information Russia (CIS)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Palma-(Russia)/Russia-(CIS)|access-date=2021-04-13|website=The Numbers}}

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A Dog Named Palma ({{langx|ru|Пальма}}) is a 2021 Russian children's drama film directed by Aleksandr Domogarov Jr., based on real events that took place in 1974–1976 at the Moscow's Vnukovo International Airport.

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.kinoafisha.info/movies/8356374/ |title=Пальма / A Dog Named Palma (2021) |website=www.kinoafisha.info |language=Russian}}

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
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 as Georgy Krasilov, 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.{{IMDb title|tt5745840|title=Tethered to the Runway}}

=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=

Principal photography of the film took place in one of the airports near Moscow and the Belarusian Brest. The local airport, which retained its Soviet 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.