The unborn child of Mamlakat is telling her story. She is 17, beautiful and vivacious, and dreaming secretly of becoming an actress. She lives with her father and brother in a small village in Central Asia. One night she is seduced by an actor from a travelling troupe, who poses as a friend of Tom Cruise, and gets her pregnant. She tries to abort, but her father and brother become determined to find the seducer, setting in motion a cascade of comic adventures.
| Release Date | September 8, 1999 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | Лунный папа | |
| Runtime | 1h 43min | |
| Budget | — | |
| Revenue | — | |
| Language | Russian, Tajik | |
| Original Language | Russian | |
| Production Countries | Tajikistan, Austria, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, Switzerland, Uzbekistan | |
| Production Companies | Les Films de L'ObservatoirePrisma FilmVISSThomas Koerfer FilmTajikfilmPandora FilmEurospaceProfitNovoskop FilmZDF/ArteSchweizer Fernsehen DRSFrenetic FilmsLona StudioBerliner FilmförderungHessische FilmförderungFilmförderungsanstaltOFIWiener FilmfinanzierungsfondsEidgenössisches Department des InnernFondazione Monte Cinema VeritàFonds Sud CinémaMinistère de la cultureCNCMinistère des Affaires ÉtrangèresLa Communauté Urbaine de Strasbourg | |