The Pencil

Antonina, an artist from Saint Petersburg, follows her husband, a political prisoner, to the deep north province of Russia. As she starts teaching art in a local school, she finds herself opposed by a twelve-year-old boy, Misha, whose brother is a feared local gang leader.

Cast

Nadezhda Gorelova

Antonina Zolotareva

Vladimir Mishukov

Sergey Zolotarev

Aleksandr Doronin

Andrey Voronov

Alina Khodzhevanova

Head teacher

Olesya Ivantsova

Vera

Alexandr Kolchevsky

Misha Ponomarev

Kirill Veselov

Dima Dyomkin

Evgeny Startsev

Alexey Ponomarev