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A woman who works as a warden in a prison secretly aspires to be a singer. When an inmate posts a video of her singing online, she becomes a sensation and her desire to follow her passion intensifies.
Acting
Strelkova-Oboldina's deadpan desperation is everything.
Direction
Pletnyov finds poetry in provincial bleakness.
Writing
Prison bureaucracy vs. pop dreams: absurdly specific.

Director
Kirill Pletnyov
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