Lena, a woman in her late twenties, loves her boyfriend, but in time comes to see that their relationship serves no useful function. What's more, she sees that her friends are for the most part empty-headed lackeys, causing her to wonder just what is the point of her life.
Evgeniya Uralova
Lena
Aleksandr Belyavskiy
Volodya
Yuri Vizbor
Alik
Aleksandr Mitta
Vladik
Alla Pokrovskaya
Lelya Kurikhina
Valentina Sharykina
Lusya
Evgeniya Kozyreva
Lena's Mother
Ilya Bylinkin
Zhenya
Yuri Ilchuk
Leva
Lena, a woman in her late twenties, loves her boyfriend, but in time comes to see that their relationship serves no useful function. What's more, she sees that her friends are for the most part empty-headed lackeys, causing her to wonder just what is the point of her life.
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