When silence runs in your family, how loud do you scream for truth?
She lives with the abbreviation CODA (hearing child of deaf parents), but carefully hides the family history from her husband. The girl is afraid to give birth to a deaf child and secretly drinks contraceptives. One day she finds out about the tragic death of her brother and returns to her hometown for a while. The official investigation believes that an accident occurred, but Anna categorically disagrees with the verdict and begins her own investigation. She remembers the mysterious basement where her brother regularly met with a strange man. As a child, Anna did not dare to go into the abandoned house, but now, for the sake of the truth, the girl is ready to look into the eyes of her fear.
Acting
Darya Savelyeva's restrained devastation
Direction
Meshchaninova's tactile, silences-as-landscapes approach
Production
Authentic deaf community representation throughout
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
CODA experiences in Russia remain rarely depicted; Meshchaninova consulted with deaf advocacy organizations for authenticity.
The 'mysterious basement' set was built inside an actual abandoned Soviet children's hospital.
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