Ryadom

Young,idealistic,ambitiousarchitectKira’slifeisturnedupsidedownwhensheexperiencesaterribleloss..Hercomfortzonehappenstobeasfragileandfictitiousasthescalemodelsofthearchitecturalprojectssheassembles.Kira(agreat,understatedperformancefromKatyaErmishina),whofromtheoutsideseemstohaveeverythinginorder,nowhastocometotermswithherself–andalsowithherdistantmotherwhomshehasn’tseenforyears,andnotwithoutreason.<br/>　　StandByMe–theconfidentfictionfeaturedebutofRussianfilmmakerTamaraDondurey,whopreviouslymadethedocumentary21Days(2014)andtwoshortfilms,LittleTrain(2017)andNewMoscow(2018)–isadelicate,intimatecharacterstudyofayoungwomanonthevergeofanexistentialcrisis.ThecamerafrequentlyzoomsinonKira’stormentedface,revealinghowmuchshewantstobreakfreeofwhatisleftunsaidandunresolved.