Victor (Yevgeny Mironov) dreams of being a cosmonaut. He meets Gherman (Yevgeny Tzyganov), who longs to defect, at the local gym, and they become sparring partners. Victor, or "Horsey" as his girl Lara (Irina Pegova) calls him, follows Gherman around like a puppy and soon they are inseparable friends. Set in a Russian coastal town on the North Sea days after the satellite Sputnik was launched, Dreaming of Space has a beautifully muted color palette and the bitter-sweet humor and considerate touch that is a defining feature of Russian film. Victor mimics the English he hears on Gherman's transistor radio and it's very hard not to smile and love this guy. Victor, Gherman, Lara and her sister Rimma (Yelena Lyadova) double date, switch partners, and even that somehow doesn't seem so bad. Part buddy picture, part melodrama and part romantic comedy, Dreaming of Space is warm, sentimental and visually engaging. ...