My Dad Baryshnikov

My Dad Baryshnikov

2011 · 87 min · ★ 6.3 · Comedy, Drama

Moscow, 1986, the heat of Perestroika. Borya is an average clumsy teenager who is miraculously admitted to the legendary Bolshoi Ballet School. The boy is convinced that he will become a ballet dancer like his father, Mikhail Baryshnikov. But is this father real or imaginary?

Directed by Dmitry Povolotsky · Written by Dmitry Povolotsky

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