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Zarnitsa

2021 · 21 min

A short, earnest coming-of-age story about a girl caught between competition and first love, quietly tense and emotionally sincere.

Directed by
Alena Shevchenko
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ulyana Vaskovich, Evgeny Khandryga, Mikhail Shamkov
Overview
16-year-old Alice, a lively and talented girl, gets into the cadet corps for boys and girls and falls in love with her classmate Andrey. But Andrey does not tolerate competition and Alice will have to make a choice: victory in military competitions or the love of a guy.

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Directed by
Alena Shevchenko
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ulyana Vaskovich, Evgeny Khandryga, Mikhail Shamkov
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • coming-of-age
    • love
    • identity
    • ambition
    Places
    • school
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance5
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Alena Shevchenko
    Written by
    Alena Shevchenko, Yuliya Frolova
    Starring
    Ulyana Vaskovich, Evgeny Khandryga, Mikhail Shamkov, Vasilisa Chugunova, Vita Nikonova
    Cinematography
    Darya Balanovskaya
    Runtime
    21 min
    Country
    Russia
    Languages
    Russian

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