Matröshki

What if the greatest rebellion is
not becoming your mother?
Maybe because your mother learned how to survive — and you’re finally trying to start living.

MATRÖSHKI – a tragicomedy across generations, ideologies, and female contradictions.
A film about mothers and daughters. About loyalty and betrayal.
About escape, language, and origin – and the question of how much of your family still lives inside you, even when you’re trying to go in a completely different direction.

Credits

Cast: Janina (Jana) Lissovskaia, Varvara Shmykova, Adina Maaß, Eva Maria Oganyesya, Rafael Klein-Hessling, Sascha Geršak, Egor Morozov, Barbara Colceriu, Irina Platon, Angelique Princelle, Valery Tscheplanowa, Anne Ratte-Polle

Director: Alina Yklymova
Screenplay: Alina Yklymova & Lion Durst
Producer: Martin Lehwald
Producers: Simon Grohe, Tim Peters
Line Producer: Priska Kraft
Creative Producer: Sophia Stier
Executive Producer: Felix Ruple
Casting: Jessica Layer
Cinematography: Sina Diehl
Production Design: Mareike Rückert
Costumes: Stephanie Zurstegge
Editing: Lucas Cantera
Sound: Friedrich Haustein
Composer: Torsten Brandes, Sophia Sämann
Editors: Jan Berning (SWR), Andrea Hanke (WDR), Erin Högerle (HR)