The Elder Wife

The Elder Wife (Старшая жена, 2008) is a Russian drama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Ivan Solovov.

Baira and her husband Congress have built a quiet life in a Kalmyk village — a small flock, a shared home, no complications. Then Congress brings home a second wife: young, pregnant, there because he made a promise to a dying neighbor. Baira is forty. The mirror reflects exactly that. Irina Rozanova plays Baira with a stillness that lands harder than any outburst; Andrei Panin and Alexander Domogarov complete the cast.

The film takes no sides. It watches three people navigate an arrangement that suits none of them and doesn't reach for easy resolutions. Stream The Elder Wife (2008) online on iFILM.