The Pencil

Antonina, an artist from Saint Petersburg, follows her husband, a political prisoner, to the deep north province of Russia. As she starts teaching art in a local school, she finds herself opposed by a twelve-year-old boy, Misha, whose brother is a feared local gang leader.

• Natalya NazarovaScreenplay
• Natalya NazarovaDirector

• Nadezhda GorelovaAntonina Zolotareva
• Vladimir MishukovSergey Zolotarev
• Aleksandr DoroninAndrey Voronov
• Alina KhodzhevanovaHead teacher
• Olesya IvantsovaVera
• Alexandr KolchevskyMisha Ponomarev
• Kirill VeselovDima Dyomkin
• Evgeny StartsevAlexey Ponomarev