Synopsis
On the last evening before her departure, Vera is putting her small sister to bed. To hide the real reason for her leaving, she tells her a bedtime fairy tale instead. It's the story of a city swallowed by an eternal night.
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Actresses (2)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Moderato
- Foreign production companies : Eversince, Il Varco, 8 Production, Cattive Produzioni, Oudeis
- Film exports/foreign sales : Gargantua Film Distribution
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producers : Igor Courtecuisse, Clémence Crépin Neel
- Screenwriters : Zhenia Kazankina, Sofia Boteva, Andrea Gatopoulos
- Director of photography : Luda Kuropyatnikova
- Music Composer : 96 Kbps
- Editor : Zhenia Kazankina
- Sound Recordist : Dmitry Krupenya
- Costume designer : Sacha Nguyen
- Production Designer : Aleksandra Smirnova
- Casting : Jenya Savelieva
- Special Effects : Andrei Bulatchik
- Make-up Artist : Nastya Tenderova
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Legend, Drama
- Themes : Marginality, Youth, Family, Parable, Politics
- Production language : Russian
- Coproducer countries : France, Germany, Italy
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Germany, Italy)
- Production year : 2026
- Runtime : 13 min 51 seconds
- Visa number : 164.987
- Visa issue date : 22/04/2026
- Production formats : HD 2K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.33
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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