Section: POLSKIE HORYZONTY: The Female Gaze

Bolevye tochki

Painful Points

Ivan I. Tverdovsky
Russia, 2010, 27 Min

Self-awareness from a drama student who, in the words of her professor, shakes her head "like a horse" when she speaks. Marya Shumakova, as she's called, first talks about her desire to become an actress, tells her mother on the phone about problems with her studies and then explains to her friend how having sex with the professor could help advance her career.

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