The successful opera diva Lyuba takes a last trip to the remote town of Yuriev in the middle of nowhere. Wanting to sell all her property here she uses the opportunity to show her adolescent son Andrey, where she grew up in order to finally leave her hometown behind forever. Mother and son wander aimlessly through the streets of this alien place until something unforeseen happens and Andrey disappears mysteriously.
From the eminent Russian director.
Credits
starring
Ksenia Rappoport
Alexander Sosnovski
director
Kirill Serebrennikovwriter
Yuri Arabovproducer
Natalia Moritskaya
Mila Rozanova
Co-producer
Karsten Stöter
Benny Drechsel
Production companies
New People Production
Rohfilm
supported by
Federal Agency For Culture And Cinema Of The Russian Federation
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
Festivals
Locarno 2008 – in competition - Youth Price
FICC/ IFFS Price, Oecumenical Price – Special Mention
IFF Sochi 2008 – in competition – Best Actress
Warsaw Film Festival 2008 – Warsaw Grand Prix
IFFRotterdam 2009 – Spectrum