A love letter unfinished in 1942 finds its ending 80 years later through a chaotic violinist who can't practice.
Spring 1942. Moscow schoolgirl Katya is corresponding with a cadet of the naval school Kostya, who is unknown to her. When sent to the front, his echelon must pass through Moscow, and they have a chance to meet ... Our days. Muscovite Katya, a talented violinist and a wild child, without realizing it, begins to follow in the footsteps of the history of Katya and Kostya, her peers from the war years. Will she be able to finish an amazing teenage love story that began years ago?
Production
Seamless period detail makes 1942 Moscow feel devastatingly alive.
Score
Violin motif that physically hurts when it returns in the final scene.
Acting
Zagorskaya's wartime Katya contains multitudes in every glance downward.
Director
Anna Chernakova
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film revives the Soviet 'front letter' tradition—millions of wartime correspondences that became national literary heritage.
Director Chernakova cast two unrelated actresses as the Katyas, then discovered their grandmothers were evacuated from Moscow together in 1941.
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