She died in a fire. Her husband threw a party. Now she's back to RSVP.
Lyudochka Salnikova belongs to a rare type of happy women who are absolutely satisfied with how their lives have turned out. Timur's loving husband, caring father — what more could you wish for? One day Mila and her husband go on vacation to the village. A fire breaks out in the house where they are staying, after which the young woman disappears. Relatives, unable to find her, believe that Luda died in the fire… In fact, the heroine managed to survive. After a long ordeal, she arrives in Moscow and ... finds Timur in the arms of his father's young wife. The shocked woman discovers the bitter truth: her husband only pretended to love her, and her death did not upset him at all. The only goal of the faithful is to get Lyudmila's father to receive an inheritance. What remains for a woman who has lost all illusions overnight? Only take revenge on your abusers, restoring violated dignity and justice!
Acting
Irina Lachina commits to unhinged devastation magnificently.
Production
Cheap fire effects that somehow improve the experience.
Director
Egor Anashkin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is peak 2000s Russian TV-movie culture: rushed production values, maximum melodrama, heroines who suffer beautifully.
Director Anna Khodulina largely worked in television; this theatrical release was an anomaly that disappeared quickly.
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