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| Polina Pushkaruk | ... | Anya | |
| Vika Lobachova | ... | Kristina (as Victoria Lobacheva) | |
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Andrey Astrakhantsev | ... | Andrey Lucius (as Andrey Astrahantsev) |
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Sergey Yatsenyuk | ... | Dima Morozov (as Sergej Jacenjuk) |
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Olga Belinskaya | ... | Natalia Ivanovna (as Olga Belinskaja) |
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Sasha Lesnikova | ... | Andrey's Daughter |
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Yuriy Orlov | ... | Investigator (as Jurij Orlov) |
| Galina Mochalova | ... | Kristina's Grandmother | |
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Tatyana Zykova | ... | Cat (as Tatiana Zykova) |
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Laina Sergeeva | ... | Verka (as Liana Sergeeva) |
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Daria Gavrilova | ... | Alena |
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Maria Shenceva | ... | Veronika |
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Aleksandr Peredkov | ... | Policeman Mihail |
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Natalya Tretyakova | ... | Common Lady (as Natalia Tretjakova) |
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Irina Osnovina | ... | Medical Worker |
A young woman who grew up in orphanage is longing to be loved, but does not have it in her to love others. Her teenage looks help her while falsely accused of committing a crime to hide in a orphanage without arousing any suspicion. There, she meets a 13 years old homeless person like herself, Kristina, and together they set out on a long journey to a small town in Kazakhstan, where Kristina's grandmother lives... Written by Anonymous
The Title of the film is as much the theme of the main character's journey as it is her enigma. Sterility-of-function-Anya receives a rare, gold medal for her orphanage performance, at the beginning.. For this she can barely smile. We see her fierce soul evidence when she breaks from her peers to preserve her virginity--a strange, rare jewel in this film's harsh, Soviet-style paganism. I'll stop here, as the spirit of this character is much more than mere drama unfolding. Anya's roller coaster ride takes us through the machinations of decades of adult living in mere weeks, touching realities many person's whole lives are too timid to embrace. If you are a typical, Western 'zombie', this is not your movie to watch.