Antonina, an artist from Saint Petersburg, follows her husband, a political prisoner, to the deep north province of Russia. As she starts teaching art in a local school, she finds herself opposed by a twelve-year-old boy, Misha, whose brother is a feared local gang leader.
Nadezhda Gorelova
Antonina Zolotareva
Vladimir Mishukov
Sergey Zolotarev
Aleksandr Doronin
Andrey Voronov
Alina Khodzhevanova
Head teacher
Olesya Ivantsova
Vera
Alexandr Kolchevsky
Misha Ponomarev
Kirill Veselov
Dima Dyomkin
Evgeny Startsev
Alexey Ponomarev
Antonina, an artist from Saint Petersburg, follows her husband, a political prisoner, to the deep north province of Russia. As she starts teaching art in a local school, she finds herself opposed by a twelve-year-old boy, Misha, whose brother is a feared local gang leader.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
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During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.