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Lukashenko's film debut
The president's granddaughter ended up on the "back of a black cat"
For many years, the family life of the Belarusian president remained a closed topic. But now more and more is becoming known about her. In particular, the premiere of the comedy “On the Back of a Black Cat” with the participation of Vika Lukashenko (pictured) , the nine-year-old granddaughter of Alexander Lukashenko, took place in Minsk the other day. This was her debut. Before the Minsk premiere, the film was shown in the village of Lyaskovichi, where filming took place.Belarusian director Ivan Pavlov told Vremya Novostei that Victoria behaved directly during the screen tests and told a children's joke: “We decided on her participation in the filming not because she is the granddaughter of the president. This is a wonderful, playful child." According to the director, Vika worked great: “I don’t know if she will become an actress. But she played herself very well. Myself, that is, a girl of nine or ten years old.”
Victoria Lukashenko played and voiced the cameo role of a village girl. On her behalf, a story is told about two old men who won a large sum in the lottery and did not know how to manage it. For some time, the main characters caroused in Minsk, but then decided to spend the winnings more usefully and gave the money to the lottery ticket seller for the treatment of a sick child. The film was shot in the style of folk comedy. The old men, played by Russian actors Mikhail Zhigalov and Valery Prokhorov, drink a lot and joke plainly. For Valery Prokhorov, his role in the film “On the Back of a Black Cat” was his last - he died shortly after finishing work on it. Philip Kirkorov starred in one of the episodes.
Journalists expected Victoria Lukashenko to attend the Minsk premiere, but she never showed up. According to the organizers, the girl went on vacation to the village to visit her grandmother because “the milk there is delicious.”
Alexander Lukashenko's eldest son Viktor is the president's assistant for national security, his brother Dmitry (both in their early thirties) heads the presidential sports club. Recently, the President began appearing in public with a boy of about four years old. State media have mentioned several times that little Nikolai is Lukashenko’s youngest son, but there is no official confirmation of this information yet.