Igor is ready for anything for the sake of Polina’s happiness, and in order to compensate for the loss of her son, the couple opens up to a new child. But instead of an ordinary boy from a shelter, a mystical creature that can recreate the memories gets into their family ... There has not yet been found a recipe for centuries of suffering, but perhaps the key to salvation in selfless love for each other ... Open your heart! Let her in ...
Acting
Elena Lyadova's brittle, desperate maternal unraveling.
Direction
Gorodetskaya's patient buildup of domestic unease.
Director
Olga Gorodetskaya
Elena Lyadova
Polina
Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Igor
Sevastyan Bugaev
Stray / Vanya
Evgeny Tsyganov
Sergey Vasiliev
Anna Ukolova
Tatiana Makarova
Konstantin Topolaga
Pyotr Makarov
Roza Khairullina
Sister Isidora
Evgeny Antropov
Detective Antropov
Konstantin Murzenko
Detective Yegorov
Svetlana Tokarskaya
Elena Hmurova
Margarita Bychkova
Inspector
Claudia Boczar
Stray Mother
Darya Belousova
Hegumenia
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Draws on Slavic changeling folklore—'podmienok' myths where fairies swap human children for their own.
Sevastyan Bugaev was 12 during filming; his dead-eyed stare required zero direction, apparently chilling the crew.
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