A large metallurgical company, where Muscovite Roman Mukhin works, takes care of an orphanage in Khanty-Mansiysk. The company's management recommends that Roman take a child from this shelter into his care. Elena, Roman's wife, is not against it - she thinks that another child (the couple has an older son, Oleg) will strengthen their marriage. The choice falls on 11-year-old Marta Chemesova. Marta does not want to leave Khanty-Mansiysk, because her grandmother lives there, who loves her granddaughter very much, but, realizing that she herself is no longer able to take care of her, she gives the go-ahead for guardianship. Marta moves to Moscow. At first, all the participants in the story are full of enthusiasm, however, despite a joint trip to India, where Marta always dreamed of going, becoming a real family turns out to be more difficult than Elena and Roman could have imagined...
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Tina Barkalaya Director · Yuliya Lukshina Writer Alexandr Kuznetsov Cinematographer
First release August 12, 2025 · Produced in Russia, India · Production Kartina Entertainment, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
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Pan-Atlantic Studio
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Kartina Entertainment
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Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
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Жемчуг
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Russia · August 12, 2025
Premiere · Window To Europe Russian Film Festival
Russia · March 12, 2026
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