Acting
Yakovleva's physical transformation—glamour to feral without vanity.
Direction
Seleznyova frames poverty like a horror film you can't look away from.
Director
Inessa Seleznyova
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Russia's 1991-92 economic freefall; crew sometimes paid in food. The desperation onscreen is documentary-adjacent.
Seleznyova, a documentary filmmaker, cast non-professionals from actual Leningrad communal apartments. 'Vityok' was a found dog, not trained—his unpredictability was the performance.
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