School of Seduction

  • Archive - Festival 35
  • Director: Alina Rudnitskaya
  • Denmark, Austria, Russia 2019
  • 97 minutes
  • Russian
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

In Putin’s Russia, three women attend the post-feminist “School of Seduction” with the aim of marrying rich men. Lida is dating a married man and hates living with her mom; Vika is riddled with anxiety about her situation; and Diana, a lonely single mother,  wants a relationship.

Alina Rudnitskaya follows the women for seven years as they chase their dreams in a society where money and prestige are everything. Her documentary delivers outrage, comedy and a sharp insight into the gender gap in 21st century Russia.

Filmography: Fatei and the Sea (co-director,2018), Blood (2013).


  • Director Alina Rudnitskaya
  • Production Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær, Alina Rudnitskaya
  • Script Alina Rudnitskaya
  • Cinematography Alexander Demianenko
  • Editing Cathrine Ambus
  • Music Karwan Marouf
  • Festivals CPH:DOX, Munich, Sydney
  • Source Autlook Filmsales, Vienna


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