''I Won't Come Back'' (

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: ''Ya ne vernus'') is a 2014 drama film directed by Estonian director

Ilmar Raag Ilmar Raag (born 21 May 1968 in Kuressaare) is an Estonian media executive, actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for his socio-critical film '' The Class''. He was CEO of Estonian Television from 2002 to 2005. He is a well known ...

Plot

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.

Cast

* Polina Pushkaruk - Anya * Vika Lobacheva - Kristina * Andrey Astrakhantsev - Andrey Lucius * Sergej Jacenjuk * Galina Mochalova

Production

''I Won't Come Back'' (''Ya ne vernus'' in Russian) was co-directed by Estonian director

. Some sources cite Dmitry Sheleg as co-director.

Accolades

The film received a special jury mention in the Nora Ephron Prize at the

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, and won the Mirror Award at the Andrei Tarkovsky International Film Festival. It also won the

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for Best Feature at the 2014 Let's CEE Film Festival in

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, Austria.

References

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* 2014 films 2010s drama road movies 2010s coming-of-age drama films Russian drama road movies Russian coming-of-age drama films 2010s Russian films 2010s Russian-language films Russian-language drama films Russian drama films 2014 drama films Films scored by Panu Aaltio {{2010s-Russia-film-stub