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201740 minPGdocumentary

Sixteen-year-old Varya, who prefers to be called Sasha, plays the violin on trains to fund her dangerous trip to St. Petersburg.

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Sergey Gindilis

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Sixteen-year-old Varya, who prefers to be called Sasha, plays the violin on trains to fund her dangerous trip to St. Petersburg.

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Varya is sixteen. Varya doesn't go to school. Varya asks that she be called Sasha. Varya has a goal - to go to St. Petersburg. She plays the violin in the train, earning a trip. But the trip of a dream turns out to be a dangerous adventure, in which everything goes not according to plan...

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