Sisters in Longing

They are bonded by their pain, longing, and their current residence – a semi-open prison for women. A murderer of her own children, a three-time convict for drug dealing and one complicit of crime against her daughter as forced by her husband are the film’s main protagonists. They are staging Chekhov’s play Three Sisters. Entwined with the fates of the heroines of Chekhov’s play, it is no longer possible to draw a border between the performance and the imprisoned women’s lives. Personal and harrowing stories reflect on the society they live in and the longing for a life they dream about. As Moscow is the lost paradise for Chekhov’s three sisters, freedom and a decent life is the fulfilment of the longing of imprisoned women.