Maksym, a boy from a well-off and successful family, loves Masha. Masha, a girl from an orphanage, loves Maksym. This story could have ended with an expected marriage, but Susan, an American girl, arrives in Kyiv searching for her ancestry. The love line turns into a dramatic triangle.
Acting
Kseniya Kachalina's orphan-turned-rival energy is devastating.
Production
Early 90s Kyiv captured like a postcard from a collapsing empire.
Director
Villen Novak
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Ukraine's first post-Soviet years, the film captures a nation awkwardly courting capitalism while its characters court each other.
Director Villen Novak allegedly cast Kachalina after seeing her in an actual orphanage documentary—method casting or exploitation? Debatable.
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