Shadows Behind the Frame (2024)

Original title: Тени за кадром

“Cinema devoured me” said Lyudmila Kusakova, one of the first women art directors at “Mosfilm”. In her hands the panoply of items found at municipal dumps mutated into magical film sets which became a part the golden fund of our cinema. in her work she enjoyed the support of her husband and mentor mikhail kartashov. he helped lyudmila to find beauty in everyday articles and be ahead of time with her ideas. but dissimilar world views inevitably told on their marriage. can love withstand the tribulations in the family of two creative people for whom art and cinema became the meaning of life?