
BabushkaZinaisoriginallyUkrainian,butbecauseofthecurrentpoliticalsituationshehasremainedinRussian-occupiedCrimea.Separatedfromherfamily,shelivesinaforgottenseasidetownwhiletryingtodecidewhethertostayortoleave.ThesoundsofRussiancontemporarymusicandfolksongsaddtotheatmosphereofherexiletown,whichisseenthroughasensitivelensfilledwithsentimentality.Buttheconsequencesoftheunsatisfactorypoliticalsituationareever-presentinthisplace,whichislikeadifferentplanet.ThewayinwhichthedirectorrecordsZina’srelationshiptoherfriendsandfamilybetraysadeeprespectforthisoldwoman,herlifewisdom,andherexperiences.<br/> "AftertheannexationofCrimeamyoldUkraniangrannyZinahadtofacethefactoflivingona'newplanet'.Formanyreasons,thetimehascomeforhertomakeacrucialdecision."A.Mihalkovich.