Once upon a time in the province

The fluid and measured life of a remote provincial town suddenly changes when the star of the popular television series Nastya arrives in the city. Popularity flashed like a fast train, and now everything turned out so that she no longer had anyone to go but to her sister. But Vera’s sister is not very happy either: the inveterate conflict with her husband Kolya at first prevents Vera from accepting her sister and sharing with her everything that is, as with a single family man. Nastya is disappointed in life and in herself, she is trying to start all over again. Every evening, young people and girls gather in the courtyard of the hostel. They have nothing to do - life in the province gives no chance. Everyone wants to love, but not those and not so. Each has its own secret life. But it's easier to pretend that nothing happens, even if it happens with a best friend with your wife. With the advent of the city of Nastya, the complicated relationship of friends is heated up to the limit, secrets cease to be secrets, secrets are no longer secrets - a fever encompasses a provincial city. And then, when, it would seem, everything can change, an accidental tragedy puts everything in its usual place.

• Julia Peresild - Nastya
• Elvira Bolgova - Vera
• Alexander Golubev - Kolya
• Natalia Soldatova - Angela
• Lyubov Tolkalina - Lena
• Aydis Shoigu - Kim
• Leonid Bichevin - Che (Misha, Kolya's friend)
• Alexander Skotnikov - Tasoev
• Sugar Dursunov - Yasser
• Victoria Poltorak - Harcy
• Alexey Poluyan - “The Horse”
• Nikita Schukin - Pavlik
• Alexander Ratnikov - Rustik
• Nikolay Smorchkov - doctor
• Sofya Gorshkova - voice-overs

• Script writer: Ekaterina Shagalova
• Stage Director: Ekaterina Shagalova
• Director of photography: Evgeny Privin
• Set Designer: Denis Bauer
• Composer: Alexey Shelygin
• Producers:
  • Sergey Danielyan
  • Aram Movsesyan
  • Yuri Moroz
  • Ruben Dishdishyan

The film is a contestant of the 30th Moscow International Film Festival. Awarded the prize of FIPRESCI.

In the film, there is a direct citation of the film “Tram“ Desire. ”It is noteworthy that the film is often classified as“ chernukha. ”Leonid Bichevin and Alexei Poluyan have already starred together in the film“ Cargo 200 ”, which is also referred to as modern“ chernukha, ”while the same time as Alexander Golubev starred in the movie "Flint", which also belong to this category.

• Musical leitmotif of the film is the song "White Roses" performed by the band " Tender May "