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Doctor Lisa (Russian: Доктор Лиза) is a 2020 Russian biographical drama film directed by Oksana Karas, about Elizabeth Glinka, a Russian humanitarian worker and charity activist.[2][3][4][5]
| Doctor Lisa | |
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Film poster | |
| Directed by | Oksana Karas |
| Written by | Aleksey Ilyushkin |
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| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Sergey Machilsky |
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| Distributed by | White Nights |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
The plot is of one day in the life of Elizabeth Glinka who is the head of Fair Care Foundation in Moscow in 2012. As the day starts, Elizabeth and her husband Gleb Glebovich Glinka are going to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary. Elizabeth is waiting for her three sons and close friends to arrive.
Before the party, the last thing she needs to do is drop by Moscow Paveletsky Railway Station to check on weekly patients at the Fair Care fund and to send humanitarian supplies to people in need.
At the clinic, a man calls Doctor Lisa. In a hospital in the Moscow suburbs his five-year-old girl, Eva, who is dying. The doctor on duty has to discharge Eva. Due to medical formalities the child, who suffers from cancer, is left without painkillers. Doctor Lisa agrees to help.
This request results in Doctor Lisa breaking the law for this girl.[6][7][8][9][10]
Filming began in Moscow in April 2019.
Elizaveta Glinka's widower Gleb Glinka, who acted as a consultant to the filmmakers, starred in the role as a man at the station.
The premiere took place on September 13, 2020 at the Kinotavr 2020 festival.[11][12][13][14][15]
| Actor | Role |
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| Chulpan Khamatova | Elizaveta Glinka |
| Andrzej Chyra | Gleb Glebovich Glinka[9] |
| Andrey Burkovsky | Major FSKN Sergei Ivanovich Kolesov |
| Evgeny Pisarev | Sergei Petrovich, Glinka's partner |
| Konstantin Khabensky | Denis Valerievich Shevkunov, oncologist |
| Alexey Agranovich | Vladimir Alexandrovich, official |
| Timofey Tribuntsev | Gennady Vladimirovich Ershov, welder |
| Julia Aug | Elena Alexandrovna Zavyalova, head physician |
| Tatyana Dogileva | Tanya, homeless |
| Sergey Frolov | Yasha |
| Sergei Sosnovsky | Georgy Andreevich Flapovsky |
| Elena Koreneva | "Volochkova", a patient of Dr. Lisa |
| Alexey Vertkov | Lenya, psychiatrist |
| Philip Avdeev | Mikhail Savchuk, Eva's father |
| Andrey Tashkov | a pharmacist |
| Irina Grineva | Karina Muradovna Surbayeva, Inspector of the Guardianship and Guardianship Department |
| Natalya Tetenova | Doctor Lena |
| Taisiya Vilkova | pregnant girl |
| Nadezhda Karpova | Snow White |
| Gleb Glinka | man at the station |
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