Russia / Aug 09, 2025 / Window To Europe Russian Film Festival
1h 31min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Marfa returns with her son to the Pacific island where she grew up and where her father worked as a lighthouse keeper. At the same time, her half-brother Ilya appears on the island, whom Marfa has not seen for many years. Marfa and Ilya are connected by a dark secret. But no matter how much they try to escape from the past, it overtakes them in the form of a mysterious whale cruising off the coast of the island and as if trying to convey something to Marfa.
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Большая земля |
| Original language | Pусский (RU) |
| Spoken languages | Pусский |
| Production countries | Russia |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Star Media, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Kinoprime Foundation |
| Release date | 5 marzo 2026 |
| Production | Nadiia Hareva-Rekhter, Tatyana Serebrennikova |
| Writer | Ekaterina Mavromatis, Dana Zhane |
| Editing | Anna Kruty |
| Cinematography | Mikhail Dementev |
| Assistant directors | Yulia Trofimova |
| Camera operators | Mikhail Dementev |
| Additional photography | Mikhail Dementev |
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| Production design | Georgy Golitsyn |
| Art direction | Georgy Golitsyn |
| Set decoration | Georgy Golitsyn |
| Music | Teo Tao, Ilya Maslennikov, Stanislav Mikheev, Ivan Gusakov |
| Sound | Teo Tao, Ilya Maslennikov, Stanislav Mikheev, Ivan Gusakov |
| Costume design | Svetlana Gribanova, Anastasiya Ozhegova |
| Makeup | Svetlana Gribanova, Anastasiya Ozhegova |
| Hairstyling | Svetlana Gribanova, Anastasiya Ozhegova |
Release dates
Premiere
United States / Mar 19, 2026 / Cinequest Film Festival
Theatrical release
Russia / Mar 05, 2026 / 18+
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