A runaway dad, a food truck, and one last shot at redemption — with guitar strings attached.
Alexandrina lives with her mother in a small provincial town and dreams of becoming a musician, like her father, Gena, who has not lived with his family for a long time: the difficulties of family life scared him away and he “ran away” to devote himself to music, but success passed him by, as well as family happiness. Gena wanders alone through the coastal towns, playing the guitar and singing on the streets, selling coffee on his food truck. Alexandrina is invited to audition at the Moscow Academy of Music. To do this, she needs to get from her coastal town to the capital. Unexpectedly, Gena offers his help - he has his own reasons to urgently leave the city ...
Acting
Bugulova and Solovyov's silences hit harder than dialogue.
Score
Original songs that actually sound like busker desperation.
Cinematography
Bleak coastal Russia never looked this poetically sad.
Director
Philipp Abryutin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Russian 'bard' tradition runs deep here — street musicians carrying poetic melancholy through post-Soviet spaces, where art and poverty are inseparable siblings.
Director Abryutin cast actual street musicians in background roles; the food truck was a real working vehicle that broke down twice during shoot.
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