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Cruelty

Cruelty

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Cruelty

2007

1h 29m

2.9(5 votes)

Drama

Overview

A teenage girl Vika and a successful but single middle-aged woman get closer in an attempt to take revenge on Zoya’s former lover. They develop a taste for it. They steal and crush his car, burn down his house, and plan to destroy his family.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Renata Litvinova

Renata Litvinova

Zoya

Anna Begunova

Anna Begunova

Yevgeni Serov

Aleksey Frandetti

Aleksey Frandetti

Olga Onishchenko

Olga Onishchenko

Aleksandra Astakhova

Nikita Emshanov

Nikita Emshanov

Stanislav Belyaev

Stanislav Belyaev

Igor Afanasyev

Igor Afanasyev

Timofey Tribuntsev

Timofey Tribuntsev

Creative team

Directed by: Marina Lyubakova
Written by: Denis Rodimin
Produced by: Yuri Glotser
Pavel Lungin

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