The Doll (2025)
Overview
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.
Cast
Taisya Kalinina
Svetlana Ivanova
Yuliya Marchenko
Nikolay Machulsky
Aleksey Vertkov
Ivan Bychkov
Lev Semashkov
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