She moved from Russia to Canada years ago with her son. Now she is old, yet she still misses her home.
In her letters to a friend, Jenny shares her sweet memories of their past life and masks the miseries she has to deal with in the present.
Her now grown-up son isn't a nice little kid anymore, but an abusive alcoholic.
Genre: Human rights, docu-drama, culture
NEWS:
This film was acquired by tv-channel "The Country"
with 350 cities of broadcasting in Russia and ex-USSR republics.
Running time: 6 mins 45 sec, colour
Russian and English, with subtitles available in both languages
Starring
Dina Kuvardina, Simon Reynolds, Yana Yaseneva, Kyle Leonard, Mikhail Bogorad
with Clark Johnson and voice of Alexander Podoprigora
Written/directed/edited: Nika Belianina
Producer: Clark Johnson
DOP: Gregor Hagey, CSC
Costume designer: Soo Luen Tom
(Full credits list available upon request)
Festival history
Artivist Film Festival, Hollywood (USA, 2009)
ION Film Festival, Port Harcourt (Nigeria, human rights film festival, 2009)
15th Stalker International FF, Moscow (Russia, human rights film festival, 2009)
Steps International Rights Protection Film Festival, Kharkiv (Ukraine, 2009),
DeboshirFilm - Pure Dreams Film Festival,St. Petersburg, (Russia, 2009)
