The Pencil

The Pencil

92 mins | Drama | Dec. 5, 2019

Antonina, an artist from Saint Petersburg, follows her husband, a political prisoner, to the deep north province of Russia. As she starts teaching art in a local school, she finds herself opposed by a twelve-year-old boy, Misha, whose brother is a feared local gang leader.

The Pencil

92 mins | Drama | Dec. 5, 2019

The Pencil
Antonina, an artist from Saint Petersburg, follows her husband, a political prisoner, to the deep north province of Russia. As she starts teaching art in a local school, she finds herself opposed by a twelve-year-old boy, Misha, whose brother is a feared local gang leader.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Salt Studio, Victoria Films
Original title Простой карандаш
Directors Natalya Nazarova
Writers Natalya Nazarova

Cast

Nadezhda Gorelova

as Antonina Zolotareva

Vladimir Mishukov

as Sergey Zolotarev

Aleksandr Doronin

as Andrey Voronov

Alina Khodzhevanova

as Head teacher

Alexandr Kolchevsky

as Misha Ponomarev

Kirill Veselov

as Dima Dyomkin

Evgeny Startsev

as Alexey Ponomarev