| I Won't Come Back | |
| Director: | Ilmar Raag |
| Producer: | Natalia Drozd Sergey Selyanov |
| Starring: | Polina Pushkaruk Vika Lobacheva Andrey Astrakhantsev |
| Cinematography: | Tuomo Hutri |
| Music: | Panu Aaltio |
| Country: | Russia Kazakhstan |
| Language: | Russian |
| Runtime: | 109 minutes |
I Won't Come Back is a 2014 Russian/Kazakh drama film directed by Ilmar Raag.[1] The film received a special jury mention in the Nora Ephron prize at the Tribeca Film Festival and won the Mirror Award at the Andrei Tarkovsky International Film Festival.[2]
Anya is a graduate student who is implicated in a drugs bust after a visit from an old friend and runs from the police sent to arrest her. Due to her youthful looks, she poses as a homeless teenager and allows herself to be taken to an orphanage. Here, she meets Kristina, a 12-year old street-smart but troubled girl. When Anya runs away from the orphanage, Kristina follows her and talks her into traveling to her grandmother's village in Kazakhstan. Along the way, Anya gradually assumes responsibility for the younger girl.[3]