Once in Trubchevsk | Odnazhdy v Trubchevske

"A modest but precisely calibrated drama with a plangent feel for small-town life"

Screen International
  • Archive - Festival 35
  • Director: Larisa Sadilova
  • Russia 2019
  • 80 minutes
  • Russian
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Anna is having an affair with her married neighbor, a man who drives a truck long distances from their quiet Russian village, explaining to her husband that she travels to Moscow to sell the clothes she knits. When their affair is discovered, both Anna and her lover have to decide what they are willing to risk.

Larissa Sadilova captures the rhythms of small-town life - she comes from, and has set many of her other films in Trubchevsk - integrating local residents into her quiet, charming comedy-drama.

Filmography: Sonny (2009), Nothing Personal (2007), With Love, Lily (2002).


  • Director Larisa Sadilova
  • Production Larisa Sadilova, Larisa Schneidermann, Rustam Akhadov
  • Script Larissa Sadilova
  • Cinematography Anatoly Petriga
  • Editing Larisa Sadilova, Gleb Dragaystev
  • Festivals Cannes, Melbourne
  • Actors Kristina Schneider, Egor Barinov, Maria Semyonova, Yury Kiselev
  • Source Loco Films, Paris