Year: 2020
Country: Russia
Director: Yulia Vishnevetskaya
Genre: documentary
Runtime: 89 min.
Age: 18+
A story of young teachers full of faith and self-irony
National Competition Russian Flahertiana
Two young teachers come to a small school in the Kaluga Region. Katya and Vasya are graduated from the best metropolitan universities, they love children, and want to plant what is rational, kind, eternal. At school, many children have long lost interest in learning. Throughout the school year, we watch the heroes balance between their ideals and the harsh reality of the provincial school. It gets harder every day. Will they keep their enthusiasm? Will they be able to find contact with teenagers?