ASYSTOLE

Stuck in a lifeless relationship, Anya faces a life-changing event that forces her to choose between familiar emptiness and a chance at a new life. A thirty-year-old Anya longs for stability and a direction in life. Her partner, Sergey, lives in a world of adolescent dreams: spends hours playing video games, fantasizes about owning a comic book shop, and stubbornly avoids a “grown-up” office job while working as a promoter dressed in a superhero costume. Disappointment, loneliness, and social pressure gradually turn Anya’s expectations into resentment. Everything changes when Anya discovers she’s pregnant, and on the same day Sergey learns that his estranged father — whom he hasn’t spoken to since childhood — is terminally ill. The couple finds themselves at the crossroads. Facing the upcoming changes, Anya begins to rethink love and her relationship. Can it survive the weight of reality?