Film

The Mainland

2026 · 1h 31m · Drama

Marfa returns with her son to the Pacific island where she grew up and where her father worked as a lighthouse keeper. At the same time, her half-brother Ilya appears on the island, whom Marfa has not seen for many years. Marfa and Ilya are connected by a dark secret. But no matter how much they try to escape from the past, it overtakes them in the form of a mysterious whale cruising off the coast of the island and as if trying to convey something to Marfa.

Anastasia Kuimova

Artyom Bystrov

Platon Gerasimov

Evgeny Kharitonov

Vladislav Vetrov

Evgeniya Dmitrieva

Pavel Maykov

Ruzil Minekaev

Капитолина Соболь

• Yulia TrofimovaDirector
• Ekaterina MavromatisWriter
• Dana ZhaneWriter
• Nadiia Hareva-RekhterProducer
• Tatyana SerebrennikovaProducer
• Mikhail DementevDirector of Photography
• Teo TaoOriginal Music Composer
• Ilya MaslennikovOriginal Music Composer
• Anna KrutyEditor

Release date

March 5, 2026

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

18+

Genres

Drama