Beanpole

Russian drama co-written and directed by Kantemir Balagov. Set in post-war Leningrad in 1945, the film follows Iya Sergueeva aka Beanpole (Viktoria Miroshnichenko) as she struggles with PTSD while working as a nurse in a veterans hospital in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. Reunited with her lover, returning solider Masha (Vasilisa Perelygina), Iya cares for her young son Pashka (Timofey Glazkov) and attempts to rebuild her life.

Director: Kantemir Balagov
Producer: Natalia Gorina
Producer: Sergey Melkumov
Producer: Ellen Rodnianski
Producer: Alexander Rodnyansky
Writer: Kantemir Balagov
Writer: Aleksandr Terekhov
Music: Evgueni Galperine
Cinematographer: Kseniya Sereda
Actor: Viktoria Miroshnichenko
Actor: Vasilisa Perelygina
Actor: Andrey Bykov
Actor: Igor Shirokov
Actor: Konstantin Balakirev
Actor: Kseniya Kutepova
Actor: Timofey Glazkov