Love Letters from a Children's Prison (2005) [N/A]
Featuring:
Denis Safonov, Vadim Alexeyev, Ira Ilina
Written by:
Anna Sirota
Directed by:
David Kinsella
Release Date:
December 1, 2005
Original Title:
Love Letters from a Children's Prison
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 54
"Loveletters from a Children's Prison" brings us into a prison for teenagers. Many of the boys here will spend most of their lives imprisoned, convicted for hard crimes such as armed robbery, rape and murder. The film relates the love story of Vadim and Ira, a boy in prison convicted for murder and the girl waiting for him on the outside.
"Loveletters from a Children's Prison" brings us into a prison for teenagers. Many of the boys here will spend most of their lives imprisoned, convicted for hard crimes such as armed robbery, rape and murder. The film relates the love story of Vadim and Ira, a boy in prison convicted for murder and the girl waiting for him on the outside. They write each other loveletters. She tries to prepare him for life outside the walls. But his fellow prisoners are teenage murderers and rapists, and their influence on him is devastating. "Loveletters from a Children's Prison" is about hope, love and young men whom has become totally brutalized. Thousands of young boys in Russia, living on the edge of society, fight to survive from one week to the next, and many of them end up in jail. Will Vadim become like the others, or can Ira's love save him?
