The fanciful tale of an introverted little girl who grows up believing she has the power to make wishes come true. She must reconcile this belief with reality when, as a young woman, she journeys to Moscow and grapples with love, modernity and materialism.
Direction
Melikyan's magical realist Moscow sparkles and suffocates.
Cinematography
Fish tanks, neon, and water imagery everywhere—obsessively gorgeous.
Acting
Shalaeva's wide-eyed fragility that breaks your heart slowly.
Director
Anna Melikyan
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