Andrey ZvyagintsevCast
Nadezhda Markina Andrey Smirnov 
Elena Lyadova
Credits
Written by: 
Oleg Negin
Plot
A former nurse who is married to a rich older man faces a moral dilemma when he threatens to disinherit her son.
Sinekatalog’s take
Andrey Zvyagintsev's cold drama about a nurse-turned-wife torn between her husband and her son is moral and tense. Nadezhda Markina is superb, with Philip Glass's music adding dread.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (16,287 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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