Desperate For Marriage
Synopsis
Journalist Lyuba’s life is going according to plan: she works as a TV host and has a rich and successful fiancée. The plan is messed up when Lyuba’s cell phone dies. She asks a random passer-by to use his phone. The passer-by, whose name is Sergei, has also been leading a quiet under-the-radar life before this meeting. Their encounter will trigger a series of events that will change their lives.
Sonya Karpunina is a Russian film director, scriptwriter and actress. In 2011 she graduated from the directing department of VGIK (workshop of S. A. Solovyov and V. D. Rubinchik). During her studies, she directed short films and wrote scripts. One of her scripts interested the master of the course, Sergei Solovyov, so he directed Odnoklassniki (2010), with Karpunina in the leading role. Karpunina won the Golden Egg award at Kustendorf 2011 with her short film The Chance. Following year she debuted as a feature film director with It's Simple (2012). Desperate for Marriage is her sophomore feature.
