Top Cast
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Polina Pushkaruk
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Alexey Smirnov
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Sergey Yushkevich
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Anna Rud
Overview
Ilya and his mother came to their father on the weekend. There the young man meets a village girl - Tanya. Ilya falls in love with her and hopes for reciprocity ... But the young man is disappointed.
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