A traumatic experience leads to a break-up between a young married couple. In a desperate attempt to save their marriage, Andrey, the husband, seeks help from a psychic named Mara. His only wish is to make his wife Olga forget the past. Mara's magic works, but the second honeymoon soon turns into a living nightmare... Andrey gradually recognizes that he is dealing with a powerful evil that possesses his wife, and the price of the psychic's service is Olga’s life.
Practical Effects
Grotesque transformation effects that squirm under your skin
Cinematography
Psychedelic folk imagery that blurs sanctuary and slaughter
Acting
Revenko's Mara shifts from helpful to hungry terrifyingly
Director
Alexey Kazakov
Semen Serzin
Andrey
Marina Vasilyeva
Olya
Aleksandra Revenko
Witch/Mara
Anatoli Zhuravlyov
Old Man
Mariya Abramova
Little Mara
Mariya Karpova
Nina
Stepan Devonin
Kirill
Sergey Cherdantsev
Burglar
Natalya Dedeyko
Mara's Mother
Ivan Dergachev
Mara's Father
Nikita Tezov
Detective
Aleksandr Filatov
Priest
Lyubov Firsova
Museum Worker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kazakov draws from Slavic folk horror traditions rarely seen in mainstream cinema, blending rural superstition with urban relationship collapse.
The title's double meaning — pharmaceutical and supernatural — mirrors how Andrey treats grief like a symptom to medicate rather than process.
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