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Year of production : 2017

Director(s) : Konstantin LOPUSHANSKIY
Cast : Maxim SUKHANOV, Vasilisa DENISOVA, Nadezhda MARKINA

Producer(s) : Andrei SIGLE

In today’s Russia, the story of Cinderella doesn’t have a happy ending.

One of the most popular plotlines in literature all around the world — and probably the favorite of women audiences — is the story of a handsome prince who saves a beautiful young woman or raises her up out of poverty and misery, grants her wishes, gives her his love and — of course — a throne, which she certainly deserves because of her kindness, beauty, and various other wonderful qualities. The variations on this theme are countless, from the classic “Cinderella” or “Scarlet Sails” to Chaplin’s “City Lights.”

But we all know that a romantic story is one thing, while life is, alas, something else altogether. And that “something else” depends on the country and era.

Our story takes place in today’s Russia, and that explains a great deal.

Nastya, an eighteen year old girl, lives in an institution for the blind and visually impaired. She is an orphan, like most of the other girls at the boarding school. She has been living there for a long time, almost ten years, so it has become her home. Although it has little money, the school gives the girls a sound education — foreign languages and theater clubs — all thanks to the energetic woman who is the principal and is deeply involved in the educational process. There is another aspect of education — the institution is next to a convent, which, of course, took on some of the upbringing of these orphaned girls. The girls regularly attend services and spend time with the nuns. This has shaped to some extent the nature and world view of Nastya and the other girls.