Synopsis
Pervyy klass (First Grade, 2024) is a Russian comedy-drama you can watch online on iFILM. Three friends, three six-year-old kids, and exactly one open spot in the best private school in St. Petersburg. Enrolling a first-grader turns into a quiet war where the child's future is the prize and nothing is off the table.
Tanya is a sharp-tongued divorcee — short on money, long on nerve, used to getting by on brains. Anya is a careerist married to a police major, and she knows how to lean on people who can help. Lena is the gorgeous wife of a businessman, with cash to spare but not always the respect she wants. For that one coveted place, each is ready to gamble friendship, marriage and her own dignity. What starts as a parents' group chat curdles into scheming, petty blackmail and scenes they'll all cringe at later.
Director Svetlana Samoshina aims a mean little satire at parental perfectionism and social climbing, where the grown-ups behave worse than any first-grader. Yulia Khlynina, Marina Vasilyeva and Anna Chipovskaya lead. It's for anyone who recognizes these mothers from real life and can laugh through the secondhand embarrassment. Stream Pervyy klass (2024) online on iFILM.
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