Overview

This is 1920: Sophia and Trofim Ivanytch have been living on Vassilievski Island, which is part of Petrograd, for thirteen years. In their house, which looks like a ship wreck, the atmosphere is gloomy. Sophia cannot have children and she is aware that, because of that, she is likely to lose her husband. That is why, when their neighbor dies, she asks Trofim to take in Ganka, his orphaned thirteen-year-old daughter. Trofim agrees and their new life begins...

Top Cast

Isabelle Huppert

Sofia

Boris Nevzorov

Trofim

Svetlana Kryuchkova

Pelagiya

Mariya Lipkina

Ganka

Natalya Yegorova

Andrei Tolubeyev

Andrei

Vladimir Kuznetsov

Juge

Aleksey Zaytsev

Fedor

Fyodor Valikov

Pope

M

Mikhail Pyarn

Jeune pope