Plucked from an orphanage as a literal love slave, the now adult Natalija (a luminous Kseniya Kutepova) serves her ape-like husband by tending his prized cow—whose milk they sell to customers on passing trains. When hubby suddenly drops dead, however, Natalija’s narrow life of cows and rails finally starts opening up. Dumping his body at the local hospital, dropping by church to say a few prayers and trading in the cow for a pet goat, she slowly eliminates all trace of his former hold on her, searching out a new life in the freedom that emerges.
Cast
Kseniya Kutepova
Natalia
Dmitriy Dyuzhev
Sergei
Vadim Afanasev
Natalia's husband
Sofiya Dudarchik
Olga
Olga Popova
nurse
Timofey Tribuntsev
policeman
Aleksandr Oblasov
security officer
Boris Petroff
Gleb
Natalia Draichik
cook
Maksim Zimin
Grigori
Tamara Khlebnikova
train conductor
Polina Nechitailo
bride
Vladislav Rassokhin
groom
Aleksey Solonitsyn
sexton
Oleg Bilik
merry-go-round operator
Yanina Kogut
cantor
Yevgeni Knyazev
Father Pyotr
Crew
Vera Storozheva
Director
Arkadiy Krasilshchikov
Writer
Vincent Deyveax
Editor
Oleg Lukichyov
Director of Photography
Oleg Shuvaev
Additional Director of Photography
Olesia Ovchinnikova
Assistant Director
Sabina Eremeeva
Producer
Igor Tolstunov
Producer
Alik Tagirov
Steadicam Operator
Marina Ananyeva
Costume Design
Irina Lunina
Costume Design
Irina Ulyanova
Makeup & Hair, Makeup Artist
Andrey Khudyakov
Sound Director
Ilya Shipilov
Music
Igor Kotsarev
Art Direction
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