Contemporary Russia. Nadya gives up her dream of becoming a champion figure skater when she is hospitalized with an injury. But then she meets Sasha, a hockey player, who decides to teach her to believe in herself and her dream again.
Cinematography
The ice sequences look genuinely expensive—somebody's oligarch uncle invested.
Acting
Tarasova trained for months; you can see her exhaustion in every spin.
Score
Original songs that slap unreasonably hard for a sports drama.
Director
Oleg Trofim
Aglaya Tarasova
Nadya
Mariya Aronova
Shatalina
Alexander Petrov
Sasha
Miloš Biković
Leonov
Kseniya Rappoport
Mother
Yan Tsapnik
Seva
Kseniya Lavrova-Glinka
Aunt
Pavel Maykov
Auntie's Boyfriend
Diana Enakayeva
Little Nadya
Irina Starshenbaum
Competitor
Fyodor Bondarchuk
Tramp
Andrey Zolotarev
Reporter
Maksim Belborodov
Mitya
Andrey Belozyorov
Nadya's Doctor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Aglaya Tarasova performed 90% of her skating; Petrov, a former hockey player, did his own hockey sequences but needed doubles for figure skating.
The film became a massive hit in Russia partly because it premiered during the 2018 Olympics, capitalizing on national figure skating fever. It outgrossed Black Panther in Russian theatres.
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