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A story of journey and space: the journey from Russia to France... from school to church... from one sleepover to another... the space between a mother and her daughter.
The social, political, economic and moral transition in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall has been a painful process. There are countless people from Eastern Europe who have forsaken their homeland as they see no future there. Lucia and her little daughter Marussia are two such people. They are in Paris, living from day to day, hoping to see the day when fortune smiles at them. In spite of all the uncertainty, the two frequently share tender moments.
As they end up sleeping under a bridge, the Russian community buys them a ticket back to Russia. Marussia runs away as she refuses to go back; at the same time, she yearns for a real childhood. What kind of decision is her mother prepared to make?
(IFF Bratislava)
Cast
Dinara Drukarova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Freeze Die Come to Life (1989)
Amour (2012)
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)
Madalina Constantin
Best movies:
Ashes and Blood (2009)
Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (2004) (TV movie)
Bless You, Prison (2002)
Sharunas Bartas
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Corridor (1995)
Eastern Drift (2010)
Peace to Us in Our Dreams (2015)
Denis Lavant
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1982)
Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991)
Tuvalu (1999)
Hugo Malpeyre
Best movies:
Courted (2015)
Les Saveurs du Palais (2012)
Sophie Verbeeck
Best movies:
All About Them (2014)
In the Shadow of Iris (2016)
A Paris Education (2017)
Dounia Sichov
Best movies:
Boris Without Béatrice (2016)
The Sleeping Beauty (2010) (TV movie)
Siberia (2019)
Aleksey Ageev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Dust (2005)