DOG’S PARADISE
2013, 116 minutes, colour,
Russia, 12+
Directed by Anna Tchernakova
Music by Gavin Bryars
Produced by RWS
© Studia 1A
Cast: Anya Korneva, Sasha Kudriavtzev, Marina Ignatova, Igor Gordin, Natalya Tkachenko, Nina Semenova, Anastasya Fursa, Natalya Akimova, Konstantin Vorobiev, and others
Synopsis
Moscow, summer of 1953. Tanya, an 11-year old girl, meets a boy, Mitya. Mitya and his family have just returned from exile in the Russian Far East. Mitya had to leave behind his best friend, a dog called Hector. He is eager for Hector to join him in Moscow, but the adults declare it impossible – a large city is no place for a dog.
In an attempt to prove the adults wrong, children decide to create the perfect home for Hector – a dog’s paradise in an empty sealed room they find in the building…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fkB-IFYtTM&feature=youtu.be
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