Little Vera
Vera is a troubled teenager fresh out of school feeling trapped in her provincial port town during the turbulent times of perestroika. Her days and nights are filled with drinking, sex, and family dysfunction.
Vera is a troubled teenager fresh out of school feeling trapped in her provincial port town during the turbulent times of perestroika. Her days and nights are filled with drinking, sex, and family dysfunction.
Natalya Negoda
Vera
Andrey Sokolov
Sergey
Yuriy Nazarov
father
Lyudmila Zaytseva
mother
Aleksandr Negreba
Victor
Aleksandra Tabakova
Chistyakova
Andrey Fomin
Andrey
Aleksandr Mironov
Tolik
Aleksandr Lenkov
Mikhail Petrovich
Vera is a troubled teenager fresh out of school feeling trapped in her provincial port town during the turbulent times of perestroika. Her days and nights are filled with drinking, sex, and family dysfunction.
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