A broke mom, a greedy pawnbroker, and one tiny tooth worth exactly one thousand rubles of dignity.
Masha's son loses a tooth. Masha goes to pawn the ring to get cash and put a thousand rubles under her son’s pillow. Having learned why Masha needs money, the pawnbroker is ready to give the treasured thousand for a baby tooth.
Direction
Annenkov squeezes a novel into sixteen minutes.
Acting
Babenkovo's pawnbroker: creepy, pathetic, unforgettable.
Writing
Tooth-for-cash premise that keeps twisting the knife.
Director
Sergei Annenkov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Russian 'zub da yo' (I give my tooth!) is a childhood promise of truth—here weaponized into economic desperation.
The tooth fairy doesn't exist in Russia; parents literally pay cash, making this fantasy's collapse uniquely post-Soviet.
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