Movies: Tatyana Ruzhavskaya

This is a remarkably subtle film–a character study that focuses on Mitya’s attempts to cope with each new startling phase of discovery. At first he mourns for his dead wife, but then he discovers that he didn’t really know her....

Ogurtsova, 55, lives with her mother and loves Russia with all her heart. Her decision to serve in the country's election unexpectedly leads to her mother's death....

She lives in plenty. A successful marriage, a comfortable routine, a cushy job, an office affair. Everyone’s alive and well. She is attractive and clever. But it’s not enough for her. Anna’s husband is offered a promotion with a transfer to Vladivost...