A kept woman tries to buy love with sincerity—credit declined.
Once Rita, like many girls, came from the provinces to the capital for a better life, but achieved only one thing: she became a professional keeper. "Futile, lazy and corrupt" - these words she heard in her address from Sasha, the son of his next patron. Rita decides to prove to herself and to Sasha that she is capable of disinterested and sincere feelings, but in their life the force majeure interferes: Rita is ill, and doctors do not promise anything good ...
Acting
Rudova's fragile defiance carries the whole thing
Cinematography
Moscow glows cold and unforgiving
Writing
Keeps you guessing who's using whom
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'подруга' (kept woman) archetype haunts post-Soviet cinema as a symbol of failed capitalism's moral compromises.
Rudova was primarily a TV presenter before this; Zhidkov came from theater. Their mismatch somehow works.
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