Dreaming of Space
The affectionately named Horsie is a simple lad who leads a carefree existence in a Russian border town in 1957. The affable Horsie cooks cutlets, bikes around town and makes love in the forest with his girlfriend. Together they longingly search the sky for signs of the Soviet Union's proud new satellites. When an unannounced stranger slips into the port town, he generally arouses suspicion, while Horsie admires him. The secretive man is a skilled boxer and owns a contraband transistor radio; more striking, however, is his steely gaze, full of achievement and purpose. As the mystery of the man's origin deepens, Horsie labors to mold himself after his newfound friend and finds his own fate changed. Alexey Uchitel's (His Wife's Diary, MVFF 2001) Dreaming of Space captures a delicate short-lived moment preceding the space race that was filled with patriotic zeal, blissful uncertainty and youthful aspiration. — I. Tovbis
Director: Alexey Uchitel
Producer: Alexancer Mindadze, Alexey Uchitel
Screenwriter: Alexey Uchitel
Cast: Yevgeny Mironov, Yevgeny Tsiganov, Irina Pegova
Print Source: Intercinema XXI Century
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Moscow, 123242
Russia
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