Dear friends!

For Knowledge Day, the Cinema Club of the Russian House in Brussels presents to you a touching melodrama:

“I Take a Step”

Director: Olga Akatyeva

Starring: Sergey Novosad, Anastasia Talyzina

2023 * 115 min.

English subtitles

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This is the story of a young man named Sasha, who suffers from dyslexia and lives in Pskov. For several years, he has been working as a teacher in the same school where he once studied. The school is filled with troubled children, while the administration invents new absurd rules. Sasha has long dreamed of moving to Moscow and working in a prestigious school. He is convinced that nobody in this world can be trusted — except for his childhood friend, the only person he shares all his secrets with. One day, Sasha realizes that his feelings for her go far beyond friendship. But will he find the courage to confess his love? And what will happen if she discovers his deepest secrets?