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Nika
Nika
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Nika

Original Title: Ника

2022
1h 33m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

2022

Runtime

1h 33m

Storyline

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 33m
May 19, 2022
Languages
Russian
Director
Vasilisa Kuzmina
Vasilisa Kuzmina
Production
National Media Group
National Media Group
Vodorod Film Company
Vodorod Film Company
Art Pictures Studio
Art Pictures Studio
Production Countries
Russia

Top Cast

28 Cast Members

Liza Yankovskaya

Liza Yankovskaya

Nika Turbina

Anna Mikhalkova

Anna Mikhalkova

Nika's mother

Vitaliya Kornienko

Vitaliya Kornienko

young Nika

Ivan Fominov

Ivan Fominov

Vanya

Ivan Brovin

Ivan Brovin

Roma

Egor Trukhin

Egor Trukhin

Yasha

Evgeny Sangadzhiev

Evgeny Sangadzhiev

Igor

Ivan Makarevich

Ivan Makarevich

Larik

Nataliya Vdovina

Nataliya Vdovina

Vanya's mother

Ivan Agapov

Ivan Agapov

Vanya's father

Nikolai Denisov

Nikolai Denisov

Evgeniy Evtushenko

Vladimir Mayzinger

Vladimir Mayzinger

editor

Ramazan Akhmedov

Andrey

Irina Kolodyazhnaya

female doctor

Andrey Rogozhin

Andrey Rogozhin

on-call doctor

Marina Saburova

ward roommate

Anzhelika Pechka

Anzhelika Pechka

applicant 1

Daniil Eydlin

Daniil Eydlin

teacher 1

Olga Lebedeva

Olga Lebedeva

teacher 2

Evgeniya Shevchenko

Evgeniya Shevchenko

secretary of the commission

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