Pasha Kapinos

In 1995, 60 American theatre and TV students traveled to Russia - in a Fine Arts exchange with 40 Russian theatre and film students. Over thirty emotional days, they shattered stereotypes thru the very media that created them.

The monologue of a grown-up woman, whose husband is leaving her for his young mistress. The viewer does not know until the final frames whether the heroine is actually speaking with her husband or simply rehearsing a future conversation, in which she thanks her husband for the time together, assures him that his decision is the right one, confirms his honest choice of heart, and remembers the touching moments of their past, releasing her husband and promising to cope with loneliness. And only the unexpected finale uncovers for the viewer the woman's true desire in this moment.

A cute young man admires photos of his beloved. Full face, profile, close-up, medium. And suddenly, to his horror, he sees treason. She's with someone else — dancing, hugging, kissing. Fas, profile. The photos make him angry. Treason must be punished. The hero in love grabs a gun and. he wakes up.