Long synopsis : Tonya is a bus driver in a village on the outskirts of Nalchik, a modest city in the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. Together with her daughter, Tonya is eagerly awaiting the return of her only son, who is fighting for a Russian private military contractor in Syria. When Tonya is told that he has been killed in action, she refuses to believe it. She is sure that there was a mistake and her son is alive. She begins a grueling public battle with the contractor and the authorities, demanding the return of her son. When it becomes obvious that all efforts to silence Tonya are fruitless, a strange young man arrives on her doorstep...

Cast

• Kseniya Rappoport, Yura Borisov, Ekaterina Shumakova, Alexander Gorchilin, Natalia Pavlenkova, Darren Kushkhov, Mazhit Zhanguzarov, Valeriy Balkizov

Crew

• Producer(s): Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov
• Director(s): Vladimir Bitokov
• Screenplay: MARIA IZYUMOVA
• DP: Ksenia Sereda R.G.C.
• Editing: Anna Mass
• Original Music: Dmitry Evgrafov
• Costume Designer: Olesya Vavilova
• Sound Editor: Rostislav Alimov

• Genre(s): Drama


• Production company: NON-STOP PRODUCTION, AR Content
• Language: Russian
• Duration: 104 min
• Image Ratio: 0.00