Russia/Germany 2008
Director: Kirill Serebrennikov
137 minutes, Russian
Starring:
Ksenia Rappoport
Alexander Sosnovski
The successful opera diva Lyuba takes a last trip to the remote town of Yuriev in the middle of nowhere. Wanting to sell all her property here she uses the opportunity to show her adolescent son Andrey, where she grew up in order to finally leave her hometown behind forever. Mother and son wander aimlessly through the streets of this alien place until something unforeseen happens and Andrey disappears mysteriously. From the director of Playing the Victim.