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Fidelity
Верность
2019 82 min Russia 18+
★6.2
Drama
Director: Nigina Sayfullaeva
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Description
A successful obstetrician living a seemingly stable married life begins to question her relationship when emotional and physical intimacy fades. Suspecting her husband of betrayal, she seeks connection elsewhere, stepping into a hidden world that offers desire, control, and escape. As she navigates this parallel existence, the boundaries between loyalty, loneliness, and self-discovery slowly begin to blur.
Starring
Evgeniya Gromova
Actor
Aleksandr Pal
Actor
Marina Vasileva
Actor
Awards
Kinotavr Film Festival 2019
— Special Jury Diploma
Nika Awards 2020
— Best Film Editing
Nika Awards 2020
— Best Actor
Kinotavr Film Festival 2019
— Main Prize
Key opinion
Verность (Fidelity) is a polarizing erotic drama that probes the breakdown of a marriage through the lens of jealousy and infidelity. While some critics praise its visual aesthetic and honest exploration of marital alienation, others dismiss it as a hollow, contrived exercise lacking sufficient psychological depth.
| Acting | Evgenia Gromova delivers a compelling, precise, and emotionally resonant performance that captures the protagonist's internal instability. | |
| Emotion | The film utilizes explicit erotic scenes as narrative scaffolding to explore intimacy and marital frustration rather than as mere titillation. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay is frequently criticized for failing to establish credible motivations for the characters' impulsive and destructive behaviors. | |
| Theme | Opinions on the film's artistic merit are split; some view it as a sophisticated, honest portrait of modern marital silence, while others find the narrative shallow and the characters unconvincing. | |
| Ending | The abrupt and ambiguous conclusion leaves many viewers dissatisfied due to a lack of narrative resolution or thematic payoff. |