Mikhail Bogdasarov

Directed by Maria Saakyan, a native of Armenia who has lived in Russia since the early 1990s, the film shows Lena (Anna Kapaleva) returning to her village in the Caucasus in an effort to convince her grandparents to flee the fighting that is enveloping the area. (Paul Abelsky)

1905. A Jewish Shtetl. Shimek and Buzya are two 10 year olds. Of course, she is a princess and he is aprince. They live in the same yard, in neighboring palaces. What Buzya really means to him, Shimek begins to understand only years later when, far away from home, he receives the news that Buzya is about to be married off. (imdb)