Girl with Flair (Documentary film by Ilya Popenko)

Girl with Flair (2021) After learning the news of his ex-fiancee's unconventional marriage, an immigrant poet and a New York social worker questions whether it's possible to be a true revolutionary and a nonconformist while living a comfortable life of a government employee. SyNopSIs Alex Galper is a Soviet-American social worker/poet who is getting ready to celebrate his 50th birthday. After finding out that his former fiancée had fled Russia and made the news by marrying a Danish psycho-killer, Alex reminisces about his lost love and questions his and her life choices. The news about her sudden and ill- fated fame sends him into a spiral of self-doubt. He wonders what he would have become had he not chosen the comfortable and modest life of a New York government employee over the exciting bohemian lifestyle of an American poet in Moscow. Filmed, produced and directed by Ilya Popenko Edited by Dmitry Rozin and Ilya Popenko Additional footage by Alexei Kokorin and Ilya Otrpiev Russian folk songs are performed by Valentina Kvasova and Ksenia Akimova Specs Title: Girl with Flair Runtime: 23 minutes 43 seconds Completion Date: 04.12.2021 Production Budget: $80 Language: Russian Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Country of Production: USA