A hospital nurse becomes an "international girl" — a prostitute who caters to foreigners with hard currency.
Acting
Yakovleva's devastating transformation from innocence to hardened resolve.
Production
Authentic 1980s Leningrad grime meets desperate hotel glamour.
Direction
Todorovskiy's unflinching gaze at Soviet society's underbelly.

Director
Pyotr Todorovskiy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The term 'intergirl' was actual Soviet slang for prostitutes servicing foreign tourists—a phenomenon so widespread it became normalized economic strategy.
Elena Yakovleva became a Soviet superstar overnight; the film's frank sexuality caused official scandal despite being state-funded.