Olga Onishchenko

Tusya (Nina Shubina) has been a mainstay in her daughter's life and that of her grandchildren for many years. Then things change - her daughter becomes an invalid and her sister, Anna, has to go into hospital. Gradually, she realises that her relatives, though willing to profit from the sale of her house, are unwilling to look after her in her old age... (lff.org.uk)

Zoe is an affluent but lonely middle-aged woman. Vika who is a teenager longing for independence watches life in the windows of the neighboring house from the roof. Her camera captures a love scene between Zoe and her married neighbor. Vika has the bright idea to blackmail the unfaithful man. Through a private investigator, he quickly unmasks the blackmailer, but being afraid of publicity, he still leaves Zoe. Vika drags Zoe into a crazy whirlwind of events...

Haunting black-and-white meditation on themes from 19th-century Russian literature, most conspicuously "Crime and Punishment." (nytimes)

This is a story of a blind girl who gets a chance of a lifetime. A rich man offers to her the precious gift of the eyesight, provided that she marries him blindly. This gift opens her eyes on the grim truth of life.