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A wrong number connects 2020 Moscow to a starving girl in 1942 — and neither hangs up.
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IMDb
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Temporary Connection (2020)

intimate sci-fitemporal hauntingquiet devastation

Overview

FantasyDramaScience Fiction

Moscow, 2020. The media warn that a dangerous meteorite will soon sweep near the Earth at great speed. But the wealthy restaurateur Vadim does not care, so he does not change his plans and hurries to celebrate the purchase of a new establishment. On the way to the restaurant, Vadim calls his friend Nina to invite her to a banquet. But due to a time anomaly associated with a meteorite, another Nina, a thirteen-year-old girl who is dying of starvation in cold Moscow in 1942, picks up the phone on the other end.

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Content warning
futurephone callcometworld warpast

Standout Aspects

Acting

Sofia Lebedeva's voice carries eighty years of hunger and hope.

Direction

Abolmasov makes 28 minutes feel like a lifetime — then rips it away.

Writing

The phone as portal: simple premise, brutal execution.

Best for:Solo: Late night when you want to feel something quietly devastating.·Streaming: Perfect short film for attention spans ruined by TikTok.·Rewatch: Second viewing hits different once you know the ending.
Heads up:Emotional: Siege of Leningrad starvation depicted; ending is quietly crushing.·Violence: WWII-era deprivation, implied death of child and family.
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Director

Dmitry Abolmasov

ReleasedMay 8, 2020
Runtime28m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Connect Film

Top Cast

Sergey Puskepalis

Sergey Puskepalis

Vadim

Sofia Lebedeva

Sofia Lebedeva

Nina

Yuriy Nazarov

Yuriy Nazarov

Vadim’s Dad

Natalia Kislitsyna

Natalia Kislitsyna

Neighbor

Valeriy Novikov

Valeriy Novikov

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Cultural

The Siege of Leningrad killed 800,000+ by starvation; Russian cinema rarely addresses it with this intimate scale.

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