Galina Dyatlovskaya

The heroine of the comedy is Frosya, a mother of five children and a calf-maiden, who lives in a run-down village and doesn't want to leave her native home, her "stove on wheels." The lead role is played by Natalia Tenyaeva. The true city dweller is remarkably natural in the role of a simple village girl. The actress borrowed her manner of speech from a local villager whose house was near the summer house Tenyaeva rented.

Four women—Redhead, Blackie, May Lily and Irina—survive 1990s Russia by luring wealthy drunks and desperate men into their flat with booze and promises, then robbing and sometimes killing them. Their hulking bodyguard Baban keeps their crimes quiet (and occasionally watches their secret lesbian parties). Even Blackie’s little daughter gets drawn into the fold, peeking through a crack in the wall. Together, they dream of escaping the post-Soviet grime and spending next Christmas in Paris.