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Cruelty (tbc)

  • Run time: 1 hour 30 mins
  • Language: Russian
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release date: 1st January 2007
  • Distributor: Pavel Lungin Studio

Plot Synopsis

Zoya is a successful but lonely business woman in her thirties. Vika is a teenage girl longing for independence. Her favourite pastime is photographing the life in the windows of a neighbouring house. One day, her photograph captures an intimate encounter between Zoya and her married lover. Vika decides to blackmail the unfaithful man. With the help of some private detectives he easily tracks down the mysterious blackmailer. However, the fear of being disclosed forces him to break up with Zoya. Gradually Zoya and Vika become close and Vika talks her new friend into taking revenge on her ex-lover.