- year : 2016
- country : Russia
- timing : 29:47'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Anna Simakova
written by Anna Simakova, Yuliya Solovyova
DoP Alexey Petrushkevich
music by Vyacheslav Tkach
sound by Sergey Vlasov
editor Anna Krutiy
production designer Evgeniya Lenyova
cast: Igor Hripunov, Olga Litvinova, Vladimir Seleznyov
The couple relationship is in crisis. The conflict is flared up following a mother's serious illness that requires a constant attention of her son. He believes that all difficulties can be overcome, and, torn between two loved ones, he tries to please everyone. The wife sees only one way to save the collapsing marriage - to take the mother to a nursing home. Everyone has to make a difficult choice in order to stay together.
- Huesca International Film Festival (2017, Spain, Huesca)
- Jameson CineFest (2017, Hungary, Miskolc)
- Shukshin Russian Film Festival (2017, Russia, Barnaul)
- Sose International Film Festival (2017, Armenia, Yerevan)
- Ural Russian Open Film Festival (2017, Russia, Yekaterinburg)
- KONIK Film Festival (2017, Russia, Moscow)
- Kaliningrad Short Film Festival (2017, Russia, Kaliningrad)
- International Film Festival KiTy (2017, Ukraine, Mariupol)
- International Film Festival "Radiant Angel" (2017, Russia, Moscow)
- International Orthodox Film Festiva "Pokrov" (2017, Ukraine, Kiev)
- International Short Film Festival Sleepwalkers (2017, Estonia, Tallinn)
- International Festival of Student Films "Kinoproba" (2017, Russia, Yekaterinburg)
- International Films Festival on Human Rights "Stalker", Prize "STALKER" (2017, Russia, Moscow)
- Diseases International Short Film and Art Festival (FICAE) (2018, Spain, Valencia)
- IAWRT Asian Women's Film Festival (2018, India, New Delhi)
- Lucca Film Festival & Europa Cinema (2018, Italy, Lucca)
- Charity event of the International Human Rights Film Festival "Stalker" (2018, Russia, Magadan)
- Kazan International Film Festival (2018, Russia, Kazan)
- Harat International Women’s Film Festival (2019, Afghanistan, Herat)
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Anna Simakova was born on 03.01.1982 in Kemerovo, Russia. In 2016 graduated from Moscow Film School as a film director. Since 2012 has been working in films production.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2016 - "Close relations", short film / diploma
2016 - "Wanderers", short film
2015 - "He Is My Father", documentary
2014 - "I Want Shoes", debut