On the last evening before her departure, Vera is putting her small sister to bed. To hide the real reason of her leaving, she tells her a bedtime fairy tale instead. It's the story of a city swallowed by an eternal night.
Director
Zhenia Kazankina
Rio (22′; 2019; fiction), Continuity of Parks (12′; 2022; experimental), Empty Rooms (6′; 2023; experimental, documentary), Three Secret Clues of Longing (5′; 2023; experimental, archival), New (20′; 2024; fiction), and City of Owls (13′; 2026; fiction)
Producer
Andrea Gatopoulos, Stefano Schiavone, Clémence Crépin Neel, Pavel Karykhalin, Igor Courtecuisse, Laura Catalano, Marco Mingolla, Lev Maslov, Silvio Giannini
Production Company
Screenplay
Andrea Gatopoulos, Zhenia Kazankina, Sofia Boteva
Cinematography
Luda Kuropyatnikova
Editing
Zhenia Kazankina
Sound
Mitya Krupenya
Cast
Vera Engalycheva, Lera Yacenko
Contacts
International Sales: Gargantua, Italy, administration@gargantuafilm.it
Producer
Andrea Gatopoulos, Stefano Schiavone, Clémence Crépin Neel, Pavel Karykhalin, Igor Courtecuisse, Laura Catalano, Marco Mingolla, Lev Maslov, Silvio Giannini
Production Company
Screenplay
Andrea Gatopoulos, Zhenia Kazankina, Sofia Boteva
Cinematography
Luda Kuropyatnikova
Editing
Zhenia Kazankina
Sound
Mitya Krupenya
Cast
Vera Engalycheva, Lera Yacenko
Contacts
International Sales: Gargantua, Italy, administration@gargantuafilm.it
More About Film
Producer
Andrea Gatopoulos, Stefano Schiavone, Clémence Crépin Neel, Pavel Karykhalin, Igor Courtecuisse, Laura Catalano, Marco Mingolla, Lev Maslov, Silvio Giannini
Screenplay
Andrea Gatopoulos, Zhenia Kazankina, Sofia Boteva
Cinematography
Luda Kuropyatnikova
Editing
Zhenia Kazankina
Sound
Mitya Krupenya
Cast
Vera Engalycheva, Lera Yacenko
Contact
International Sales: Gargantua, Italy, administration@gargantuafilm.it
