Nika
6.6
The movie is based on the real story of Nika Turbina, once world-famous Soviet child poetess, who got completely forgotten in the 1990s. That's when we meet her: at the age of 27 Nika is full of hopes and doubts regarding her gift. Due to the age restriction, she's got just one shot to enter the Drama School, and that's her only chance to separate from her cherishing and oppressive mother. Acquaintance with a new friend Ivan gives Nika hope for a happy future, but there is still something in her memory that triggers her. Tragically cheerful, painfully confused and desperately believing in love and life after childhood, Nika puts everything on the line to overcome ghosts of the past.
Where to watch
Not streaming anywhere
Not on any streaming service in United States, and not available to rent.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
28 people
Liza Yankovskaya
Nika Turbina
Also in
Ballet
The Riot
Anna Mikhalkova
Nika's mother
Known for
The Icebreaker
The Inhabited Island
Vitaliya Kornienko
young Nika
Known for
Better Than Us
The Vampires of Midland
Ivan Fominov
Vanya
Known for
Major Grom
Ivan Brovin
Roma
Also in
Ballet
Moonshine & Vodka
Egor Trukhin
Yasha
Also in
The '90-s. Funny and Loud
Kath
Evgeny Sangadzhiev
Igor
Known for
Attraction
Leaving Afghanistan
Ivan Makarevich
Larik
Known for
The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt
Metro
Nataliya Vdovina
Vanya's mother
Known for
The Return
How Viktor "The Garlic" Took Alexey "The Stud" to the Nursing Home
Ivan Agapov
Vanya's father
Known for
To Kill a Dragon
Nikolai Denisov
Evgeniy Evtushenko
Also in
GDR
Visit to the Minotaur
Vladimir Mayzinger
editor
Known for
The Execution
Vasilisa Kuzmina Director · Yuliya Gulyan Screenplay Mikhail Milashin Cinematographer
United States release March 14, 2022 · Produced in Russia · Production Vodorod Film Company, Art Pictures Studio
Production
National Media Group
Production
Vodorod Film Company
Production
Art Pictures Studio
Production
Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Ника
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
United States · March 14, 2022
Premiere · South by Southwest Film Festival
Russia · May 19, 2022
Theatrical
More from Vasilisa Kuzmina
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked Nika
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
