The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Olya, a straight-A middle school student, is experiencing her parents' break-up and her first love at the same time, all while struggling to maintain the image of a perfect child. One day she stays at her mom's house for a sleepover; the next day, she goes to her dad's. Neither parent is happy about the arrangement, nor is Olya. This is a coming-of-age story set in a small, bleak Russian town.
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Key crew
- Georgy NegashevDirector
- Nadezhda KozhushanayaWriter
Cast
- Anna PatokinaOlya Savelyeva
- Evgeniya DmitrievaOlya's mother
- Yekaterina VasilyevaHeadmistress
- Yuliya ButakovaGalina Ivanovna
- Rais GalyamovUncle Grisha
- Igor SergeevOlya's father
Themes
small towncoming of agedomestic violencemiddle schoolfirst lovebroken familyimmigrant familyfamily abuserussiadistressingenthusiastictheater kids