Directed by:
Nikolay MikhaylovCinematography:
Svyatoslav BulakovskiyComposer:
Timur PolyanskiyCast:
Ilya Shakunov, Elena Panova, Larisa Kadochnikova, Mayya Kuzmishina, Polya Polyakova, Aleksandr Kobzar, Dmitriy Surzhikov, Aleksey Tritenko, Aleksey Smolka (more)Plots(1)
Little Sonia lives with her father and grandmother after her mother abandoned the family to start a new life in America. Despite being loved deeply by her father and grandmother, Sonia longs for a maternal figure. Her father, however, refuses to trust another woman after his experience with his wife and decides to show Sonia that a stepmother is not the answer to their problems. In a rundown café on the side of the motorway where Sonia's father regularly parks his truck, he meets barmaid Tamara, a bitter and unhappy woman who agrees to live in his house and act the part of the wicked stepmother. Swearing Sonia's reluctant grandmother to secrecy, her father leaves for a long trip trusting his plan will be a success, however, he underestimates his daughter who still believes in fairy-tales and whose faith in Tamara is the making of her. She and Sonia's grandmother soon see her for the hardworking but unlucky woman that she is and, on his return home, Sonia's father finds his family transformed with a kind, beautiful and loving mother at its head. (Star Media)
(more)Cast
Ilya Shakunov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Of Freaks and Men (1998)
Russian Ark (2002)
Molokh (1999)
Elena Panova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Fool (2014)
The Spacewalker (2017)
Mummy (1999)
Larisa Kadochnikova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
A Spring for the Thirsty (1965)
The Eve of Ivan Kupala (1968)
The White Bird Marked with Black (1970)
Mayya Kuzmishina
Ukraine
Aleksandr Kobzar
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Match (2012)
The Guide (2013)
Paper Soldier (2008)
Dmitriy Surzhikov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Land of Oblivion (2011)
Aleksey Tritenko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
I Work at the Cemetery (2021)
The Golem (2018)
Oksana Kolyadenko
Best movies:
Corporal vs. Napoleon (2012)
Valeriy Astakhov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Match (2012)
Nadezhda Kondratovskaya
Best movies:
Land of Oblivion (2011)
Mikhail Zhonin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Russian Cannibal (2004)
Vera Kobzar
Best movies:
Crazy Wedding (2018)
Volodymyr Osadchyy
Soviet Union
Best movies:
You, I Love (2004)
Viktor Hryhoryev
Ukraine