American Daughter

{{Infobox film

| name = American Daughter

| image = American Daughter.jpg

| producer = Boris Giller

| writer = Alexander Borodyansky
Karen Shakhnazarov[https://www.armmuseum.ru/news-blog/2018/3/25/--2 Фильм Карена Шахназарова «Американская дочь»]

| starring = Vladimir Mashkov
Allison Whitbeck

| cinematography = Vladimir Shevtsik

| music = Anatoly Kroll

| studio = Mosfilm

| editing =Lydia Milioti

|country = Russia
United States

|language = Russian
English

| runtime = 98 min

| released = {{Film date|1995|df=yes}}

}}American Daughter ({{langx|ru|Американская дочь}}) is a Russian road comedy-drama film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov.{{Cite web |title=Тайны "Американской дочери": Как личная драма подсказала Карену Шахназарову сюжет фильма |url=https://kulturologia.ru/blogs/061117/36572/ |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=Культурология}}

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
{{Interlanguage link|Allison Whitbeck|ru|3=Уитбек, Эллисон}} 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

File:Vladimir Mashkov - Odessa International Film Festival - 17 July 2010 (cropped).jpg

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size: 90%;" ! colspan=6 style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Awards and nominations
style="background: #CCCCCC;" \| Award ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" \| Year ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" \| Category ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" \| Nominee ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" \| Result ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" \| {{Abbr\|Ref.\|Reference(s)}}
rowspan="2" \|Kinotavr \| rowspan="2" \|1995 \|Grand Prize \| American Daughter \|{{nom}} \| rowspan="2" \| {{Cite web \|url=http://www.kinotavr.ru/ru/history/winners/ \|title=Призёры "Кинотавра" 1991—2005 \|access-date=2018-08-30 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806033607/http://www.kinotavr.ru/ru/history/winners/ \|archive-date=2012-08-06 \|url-status=dead }}
Prize of the Presidential Council \| Allison Whitbeck \|{{won}}
rowspan="1" \| Shanghai International Film Festival \| rowspan="1" \|1995 \|Special Jury Award \|Karen Shakhnazarov \|{{won}} \| rowspan="1" \|[https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Shanghai_International_Film_Festival/1995 2nd SIFF] at the Internet Movie Database
rowspan="1" \|Nika Awards \| rowspan="1" \|1995 \|Best Sound Editing \|Igor Mayorov \|{{nom}} \| rowspan="1" \|
rowspan="1" \|Artek Children's Film Festival \| rowspan="1" \|1995 \|Best Actress \|Allison Whitbeck \|{{won}} \| rowspan="1" \|
rowspan="1" \|{{Interlanguage link\|Golden Aries\|ru\|3=Золотой овен}} \| rowspan="1" \|1995 \|Best Producer \|Boris Giller \|{{won}} \| rowspan="1" \|[http://cinema.mosfilm.ru/films/film/1990-1999/amerikanskaya-doch/ American Daughter] on Mosfilm

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! colspan=6 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Awards and nominations

style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Award

! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year

! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Category

! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Nominee

! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Result

! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

rowspan="2" |Kinotavr

| rowspan="2" |1995

|Grand Prize

| American Daughter

|{{nom}}

| rowspan="2" | {{Cite web |url=http://www.kinotavr.ru/ru/history/winners/ |title=Призёры "Кинотавра" 1991—2005 |access-date=2018-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806033607/http://www.kinotavr.ru/ru/history/winners/ |archive-date=2012-08-06 |url-status=dead }}

Prize of the Presidential Council

| Allison Whitbeck

|{{won}}

rowspan="1" | Shanghai International Film Festival

| rowspan="1" |1995

|Special Jury Award

|Karen Shakhnazarov

|{{won}}

| rowspan="1" |[https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Shanghai_International_Film_Festival/1995 2nd SIFF] at the Internet Movie Database

rowspan="1" |Nika Awards

| rowspan="1" |1995

|Best Sound Editing