Acting
Alex glides his mouse tenderly over online images of Vika. He has been smitten ever since he saw her with her friends and cannot get her out of his head. Unfortunately, Vika is beyond Alex’s reach because he's not welcome in her neighborhood. Nonetheless, Alex sneaks into a disco at her school and finds up the courage to ask her to dance. Moments are intense as Alex feels infatuation for the first time.
World War II. In autumn 1941 the German troops completely surrounded one of the biggest Russian cities — Leningrad. 2,5 million civilians got trapped in the city. The German commandment decided to destroy the city with bombings, artillery attacks and, most importantly, with hunger. The most difficult first winter of the siege (1941 — 1942). A young woman Olga is walking through the whole city to her father. She wants to see him one last time to say goodbye and to ask for his forgiveness.
Polina has always been a skeptic. When her friends invite her to visit her psychic grandmother, she arranges her own exposure session there. As a result, the girl receives a magical prophecy, which causes her to have a series of failures in all areas. To regain her former life, and at the same time find a new love, Polina will have to risk everything she has left and defeat the higher forces.
We all know this story: Persephone was picking flowers, Hades saw her and kidnapped her, imprisoning her in the Underworld. But was it really so? Was it kidnapping or liberation? Maybe it was Demeter who kept her daughter in captivity? This is a story about love, choice and freedom.
