Olga Lucovnicova / Romania, Moldova, Belgium, Netherlands / 2025 / 94 min
Olga sets out to meet her Russian grandmother and uncover the reasons why their relationship ended after 1989. As the daughter of a mixed family born in Moldova to a Romanian mother and a Russian father, she embarks on a journey to discover the collective fate of Soviet families marked by regional macro-events and transgenerational pain.
In 1989, with the collapse of the USSR, the director's grandmother disappears from the family's life. Years later, a bundle of forgotten letters leads Olga, along with her father, to Asha—a small town in the Ural Mountains—to meet her relatives and uncover a secret hidden for decades. During this extensive process, their personal reunions are interrupted by a new war waged by Russia (against Ukraine), which in turn creates fresh fractures among siblings.