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How to Survive a Marriage

2026 · 79 min

A quiet, emotionally charged chamber piece that simmers with unspoken resentments and the ache of trying to hold a family together.

Directed by: Yulia Trofimova
Genres: Drama
Starring: Evgeniya Gromova, Marianna Shults, Aleksandr Yatsenko

Overview: Maryana is a successful divorce lawyer, but her own marriage to Dima is far from ideal. On her birthday, her eccentric mother Margarita, a provincial actress, arrives unexpectedly and decides to stay, hoping to reconnect with her daughter. When Margarita claims that Dima is having an affair, Maryana begins to question her husband and their relationship, soon finding herself drawn into a family drama about love, trust, and the ways people try to stay together.

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Directed by: Yulia Trofimova
Genres: Drama
Starring: Evgeniya Gromova, Marianna Shults, Aleksandr Yatsenko

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
betrayal
love
identity
parenthood
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	6
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Yulia Trofimova
Written by: Evgeniya Gromova, Mariya Shulgina, Yulia Trofimova
Starring: Evgeniya Gromova, Marianna Shults, Aleksandr Yatsenko, Sergey Melkonyan, Mariya Karpova, Sergey Shaydakov, Gosha Tokaev, Igor Tsaregorodtsev
Music: Mark Dorbsky
Cinematography: Tim Lobov
Runtime: 79 min
Country: Russia
Languages: Russian

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