“Madeline’s Madeline” and the Exploitation of Actresses
This emotional, frightening, and dreamlike story examines the ways actresses are exploited in the name of art.

Dasha and Sasha are a happy newlywed. A honeymoon and a parachute jump over the foothills of Mount Elbrus are supposed to be the beginning of their new life. But fate intervenes. The pilot turns out to be Artyom - Dasha's ex, a man she didn't even want to remember. When the plane crashes, the three are forced to jump without training. The lines get tangled. They miraculously survive - but find themselves suspended over a mountain abyss amid raging forest fires. Dasha finds herself between two men, each of whom is tied to her life. One is the present. The other is an unhealed past.
This emotional, frightening, and dreamlike story examines the ways actresses are exploited in the name of art.
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