Alexandra Andronova

The Nizhny Novgorod Youth Theatre troupe is rehearsing William Gibson's play "The Miracle Worker." In search of authenticity, the actors find themselves behind the scenes of blindness and deafness. They enter the real world of a boy named Petya, his mother, and his teacher. Episodes from the play about the education of a deaf-blind child unexpectedly echo real life, but reality is always more complex and profound than fiction.

12-year-old Alyona is taken from a correctional orphanage to a foster family. She suddenly has a mother, father, grandmother, brothers, sisters, new friends. This is a film about how Alena and her relationships with others change in the first months of her new life.