The Pencil

Directed by Natalya Nazarova

With Nadezhda Gorelova, Vladimir Mishukov, Aleksandr Doronin, Alina Khodzhevanova and Olesya Ivantsova

Antonina, an artist from Saint Petersburg, follows her husband, a political prisoner, to the deep north province of Russia. As she starts teaching art in a local school, she finds herself opposed by a twelve-year-old boy, Misha, whose brother is a feared local gang leader.