SYNOPSIS

Dina’s son is seriously ill: he is running out of time. It is almost impossible to find such large sum of money in a short time for a lonely widow. Dina has to agree to the proposal of her boss, who offers to help Dina in exchange for sex. Only one night, but it will forever change Dina’s life. She will save her son, but she will forever lose herself as a woman.

Yelena Lissassina

Yelena Lissassina was born in Alma-ata in 1982.

In 2003 she graduated from the Kazakh National Academy of Arts. She worked as a second director on several films in Kazakhstan (« The Racketeer », « A Gift to Stalin », « The Lost One », « The Liquidator »).

In 2010 she graduated from VGIK, workshop of Khotinenko V.

FILMOGRAPHY:

2009 – film « Катюша « , 24 min – director, scriptwriter

2010 – movie « Мизам », 36 min (Kazakhstan) – director, scriptwriter

2011 – « Оралман-апа », « Свободное время » (series in the series « Одноклассники. Невозможное возможно ») – director, scriptwriter

2012 – TV series « Прямой эфир », « Тағдыр » (Kazakhstan) – creative producer

2014 – TV series « Қара шаңырақ » (Kazakhstan) – director, screenwriter

2015 – TV series « Таңдау » (Kazakhstan) – scriptwriter

2016 – film « 16 қыз » – script co-author

2016 – TV series « Іңкәр жүрек 2 » – scriptwriter.

2017 – film « Бір сен үшін » – scriptwriter

2018 – « Финансист. Игра на вылет » (games, 98 min) – director, co-author of the script

2018 – TV series « Тәуекел » (7 channel) – scriptwriter, director.

2019 – TV series « Бір оқиға тарихы » (TK « Almaty ») – director