MARUSYA

student short

Directed by: Anna Volkova
Year of production: 2025
Country of origin: Russia
Runtime: 25 min
Genre: drama
St. Petersburg State Institute of Cinema and Television

The cold Leningrad in the late 1980s. The criminal Marusya is on the run after committing a robbery and needs to escape from prison. But when the landlady, Shura, returns home, she mistakes Marusya for the babysitter and lets her into the apartment. After a few hours in someone else's life, Marusya begins to reflect on her own.