Katia

In the bleak winter of a remote country house, a seventeen‑year‑old Katia is swallowed by grief after her mother’s death. Alongside her younger sister Sonia and their steadfast governess Macha, she drifts through endless days of snow‑capped windows, silence, and a lingering sense of loss that makes even the piano and books feel pointless. The house itself seems to echo the mourning, its rooms cold and shadowed, while Katia wrestles with a growing emptiness and a yearning for any sign of life beyond the walls.

As March approaches, the promise of a visitor—Sergius Mikaïlovitch, a family friend once beloved by her father—brings the first stir of hope. His arrival could mean the release from isolation and the chance to step into a world her mother had planned for her. Katia’s restless spirit begins to awaken, caught between lingering sorrow and the tentative promise of a future she has yet to imagine.