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.
... and seared by the cold - this magnificently performed and beautifully filmed piece of cinema reveals the challenges faced by two young women in post war Leningrad. Damaged and psychologically disturbed by their experiences, shell shocked from the battles, real and imagined, battles they would never have aspired to fight some years earlier, while surrounded and enveloped by uncertainty, indignity, poverty and despair.