About the title
Alyona used to be a painter, but is now a wife and mother. She lives in a large, stylish apartment, but her world is shrinking by the day, and she feels she is losing herself under a pile of household chores and in the iron grip of her husband Slava, a successful lawyer. She sees salvation in returning to painting, but this act upsets the balance of her marriage. She faces a difficult choice: how to preserve herself, find her own voice, and yet not destroy her family.