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An Ordinary Life

An Ordinary Life

2025 · 93 min · ★ 7.0 · Documentary

After leaving the psychiatric facility where they had been wrongfully confined, Katya and Yulia, two young Russian women whom I have been filming for many years, finally achieve independent lives. This newfound freedom, which they have fought so hard to attain, promises to make their dreams of a new future come true. But how can one be free and pursue their aspirations in today’s Russia?

Directed by Alexander Kuznetsov

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