Synopsis
Minsk, Belarus, 1996. Velya, an aspiring DJ, wants to move to Chicago to make her dreams come true, but bureaucracy, a phone line and the human condition will put obstacles in her way that will be difficult to avoid.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic73/100
65 audience votes
Key crew
- Darya ZhukDirector
- Helga LandauerScreenplay
- Andreas LucasOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Alina NasibullinaVelya
- Ivan MulinStepan
- Yura BorisovAlik
- Svetlana AnikejVelya's Mother
- Illia KapaniecKostya
- Anatasiya GarveyVika the Bride
- Lyudmila RazumovaStepan's Mother
- Natalya OnishenkoVika's Mother
- Anatoliy GolubPolice Detective
- Artem KurenStepan's Friend
- Vyacheslav ShakalidoMihalych - Stepan's Father
Stills
Themes
countrysidegreen cardwoman directorelectronic music1990stechno musichouse musicpost soviet unionaspiring djemigration visaminsk, belarusfemale dj