At a dusty crossroads in the Soviet Union villagers surrender their possessions - a horse, a samovar, a goat - to the state. The train which takes them away brings to the village a physically and mentally handicapped woman, barely able to speak. She makes herself bracelets of burrs and studies herself in a cracked and cloudy mirror. Befriended by very few, teased and tormented by many she seeks protection at a huge portrait of Stalin.
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Cast
Juli Básti
Paranya
György Cserhalmi
Zorka
Nina Petri
Liza
Miklós Benedek
Andrej Andrejevics
Zoltán Bezerédy
Rendõrkapitány
Barbara Hegyi
Olga Filimovna
Pál Mácsai
Genagyij Pesztyarjov, tornatanár
Ildikó Pécsi
Nadezsgya Zsdanova ,szörpárus
Rajhona Ádám
Bibakov
Dénes Ujlaki
Bavucsilov
Vajda László
Szávuskin, rendõr
János Bán
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