Yuliya Novikova

The story of the last year and a half of Tsar Nicholas II and his family from the February Revolution of 1917 to their execution in July 1918.

A very first adaptation of the black tales written by Ludmila Petrushevskaya, the living classic of Russian literature. Black Coat, a mid-length movie that tells about adventures of two suicided women between life and death, has been shooting in Norilsk, the most Northern industrial city of the world, in winter time when the normal temperature is below -50 Celcium degrees. A pilot for a feature film or/and series.

Lilya (Marina Zubanova) is an approaching-middle-age singleton who lives with and cares for her grandfather and works at a chicken factory. She is determined to get married soon, but hasn’t quite found the man for the job. Most of the story revolves around various failed dates, her conversations with coworkers and family members, and her innocent stalking of a talented local pianist.

A mystery around a search for a lost skull of Nikolay Gogol.