Film

The Doll

2025 · 1h 33m · Drama

The custom of making motanka dolls is ancient, rich in myths and legends. There is a belief that they help their owner. The main character of the film is a 12-year-old teenage girl, she studies at an art school, but does not believe in her abilities and goes through a coming-of-age crisis with the help of a Slavic doll. By wrapping a doll, its owner goes through a certain stage of growing up and forms her inner world. The doll sometimes helps her cope with difficult situations, and sometimes it does the opposite.

Taisya Kalinina

Svetlana Ivanova

Yuliya Marchenko

Nikolay Machulsky

Aleksey Vertkov

Ivan Bychkov

Lev Semashkov

• Aglaya KurnosenkoDirector
• Andrey RubanovWriter
• Viktoriya LupikProducer
• Ilya OvsenevDirector of Photography

Release date

August 7, 2025

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Drama