Synopsis
During the day, Lera studies humankind and its needs through opinion polls, which are an educational practice at the institute; at night, she dances under the pseudonym Gerda in a club to support herself and her mother. The people she meets are as unfortunate as her family. Her father has recently left for another woman, but he constantly returns home, unable to make his choice and thereby making the life of close people intolerable. The mother painfully endures the breakup and constantly sleeps, ignoring reality. Lera doesn’t know how to carry on, where to go and what to live for, and — most importantly — how to improve life. The adult world, invariable unfortunate, which Lera observes day and night, seems hopeless.
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Festival History
- Istanbul Film Festival 2022 generic
- CPH:PIX 2021 generic
- Locarno International Film Festival 2021 generic
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Russia | October 14, 2021 |
| Streaming | Germany | July 7, 2022 |
| Streaming | United States | February 7, 2023 |
| Classification | Germany | 16 |
Versions & editions
| Home video | Germany | July 15, 2022 |
| Home video | Italy | May 29, 2024 |
Full credits
| Director | Natalya Kudryashova |
| Cast | Anastasiya Krasovskaya (Lera), Yura Borisov (Oleg), Darius Gumauskas (Lera's father), Yuliya Marchenko (Lera's mother), Mariya Leonova (Tamara), Julia Ogun (Naomi), Serafima Krasnikova (Nadya), Maksim Stoyanov (Andrey), Mariya Pesotskaya (Young Lera), Sofya Alexandrova (Michelle), Tiana Okwamo (Naomi), Alexey Chupov (Man), Marina Zubanova (Tanya's mother), Mikhail Kremer (Young teacher), Sergey Cherdantsev (Man in the strip club), Dmitry Manevich (Man in the strip club), Filipp Dyachkov (Inn customer), Ivan Semenov (Bartender), Irina Serdechnaya (Waitress), Julia Elkhimova (Stripper), Maria Akhadova (Stripper), Mariya Ilyakova, Maxim Kremer, Andrey Arseev, Sergey Rusu, Mariya Ivanova |
| Screenplay | Natalya Kudryashova |
| Producer | Dmitry Davidenko, Natalya Kudryashova, Rafael Minasbekyan, Vadim Vereshchagin, Vladimir Kislitsyn |
| Cinematography | Vasily Grigolyunas |
| Editing | Sergey Ivanov, Sergey Tikhnenko |
| Production design | Svetlana Dubina |
| Costumes | Ekaterina Pavelko |
Identifiers & sources
| Wikidata | Q107565047 |
| IMDb | tt12056978 |
| TMDB | 656097 |
Additional data: TMDB.
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