Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Viktoria Miroshnichenko | ... | Iya Sergueeva | |
Vasilisa Perelygina | ... | Masha | |
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Andrey Bykov | ... | Nikolay Ivanovich |
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Igor Shirokov | ... | Sasha |
Konstantin Balakirev | ... | Stepan | |
Kseniya Kutepova | ... | Lyubov Petrovna (as Ksenia Kutepova) | |
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Alyona Kuchkova | ... | Stepan's Wife |
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Timofey Glazkov | ... | Pashka |
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Veniamin Kac | ... | Sasha's Friend |
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Olga Dragunova | ... | Seamstress |
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Denis Kozinets | ... | Sasha's Father |
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Alisa Oleynik | ... | Katya |
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Dmitri Belkin | ... | Shepelev |
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Lyudmila Motornaya | ... | Olga |
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Anastasiya Khmelinina | ... | Nurse Leonova |
1945, Leningrad. World War II has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Although the siege - one of the worst in history - is finally over, life and death continue their battle in the wreckage that remains. Two young women, Iya and Masha, search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins. 26-year-old Kantemir Balagov follows TESNOTA, winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, with a powerful period drama.
"Masha effects a more philosophical guise toward her bereavement, but in time, acknowledging that she is now infertile, she will oblige Iya to get pregnant and bear a child (a son) for her, claiming that only a newborn baby can fill that profound void (child becomes a fungible item to quench a woman's maternal distress). But Iya harbors her own suppressed feelings for Masha, things get even trickier when Masha has a new suitor in the person of Sasha (Shirokov), who actually hails from an apparatchik family."
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