2018 | Fiction | 28 min. | Russia | 18+
At first glance she is just an ordinary woman. But every couple of month her normal life comes to a halt. Secretly from her loved ones she goes on a long journey. She jumps from one type of transportation to another, carefully covering up her tracks, building a web of lies during her phone conversations. What is on her mind and what is the purpose of this journey?
Directors Statement
The main character represents a social phenomenon known in Russia as “Zhdulya” from the Russian word “zhdat” - to wait. These women,often married with children,visit prisons on certain dates to spend time with prisoners. The men that they visit aren't people they know, mostly they're prisoners that they see for the first time.Is it some kind of perverted fetish or something more mysterious? It's a film about someone who escapes her own reality trying to fly away into realm unknown to her
Director: Igor Poplauhin
Producer: Konstantin Shavlovskiy
Сast: Irina Salikova, Gala Samoylova and Kirill Kukushkin
Studio: "Word Order" Studio
