What happens in fairy tales after the wedding of the prince and princess? Figure skater Nadia and hockey player Sasha got married and more than anything else they dream of a child. True, the price they will have to pay for this dream will be unimaginably high. After such upheavals, it seems impossible to count on a happy ending. But if you think so, you do not know anything about real tales...
Acting
Tarasova skates her own grief; Petrov's hockey rage feels lived-in.
Cinematography
Ice sequences shot like actual sports broadcast—claustrophobic and beautiful.
Score
Piano-driven melancholy that knows exactly when to swell.
Director
Zhora Kryzhovnikov
Alexander Petrov
Sasha
Mariya Aronova
Shatalina
Aglaya Tarasova
Nadya
Vitaliya Kornienko
Daughter of Nadya and Sasha
Nadezhda Mikhalkova
Anya
Yuliya Khlynina
Rita
Sergey Lavygin
Coach
Olga Tumaykina
Receptionist
Kseniya Lavrova-Glinka
Margosha
Nikolay Shrayber
Department Head
Elena Morozova
Caregiver
Zhenya Evstigneeva
Teacher
Maksim Lagashkin
Nadya's Boss
Aleksandra Skachkova
Judge
Aleksandra Ravenskikh
Judge
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Aglaya Tarasova trained for six months; the ice rink scenes use minimal doubles despite her not being a professional skater.
The film directly responds to Soviet-era sports dramas where female athletes sacrificed everything—here, motherhood itself becomes the contested prize.
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