The Doll

Directed by Aglaya Kurnosenko

With Taisya Kalinina, Svetlana Ivanova, Yuliya Marchenko, Nikolay Machulsky and Aleksey Vertkov

The custom of making motanka dolls is ancient, rich in myths and legends. There is a belief that they help their owner. The main character of the film is a 12-year-old teenage girl, she studies at an art school, but does not believe in her abilities and goes through a coming-of-age crisis with the help of a Slavic doll. By wrapping a doll, its owner goes through a certain stage of growing up and forms her inner world. The doll sometimes helps her cope with difficult situations, and sometimes it does the opposite.