Happy Birthday!

Blending dramatic situations with a documentary-influenced visual style, Happy Birthday looks in at a typical day in a Russian maternity hospital. The patients range from a middle aged woman pleased if surprised by her current pregnancy to a Muslim woman whose marriage to a Russian has blighted her relationship with her family. No matter what their situations, the women draw strength and support from each other as they share their common experience.

Director: Larisa Sadilova

Cast: Gulnara Mkhitaryan, Irina Proshina, Evgeniya Turkina, Mariya Kuzmina, Rano Kubaeva, Lyubov Starkova, Oksana Pototskaya, Raisa Sazonova

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.