Desc: Prostoy karandash: Directed by Natalya Nazarova. With Aleksandr Doronin, Vladimir Mishukov, Evgeny Startsev, Nadezhda Gorelova. Antonina, an artist from Saint Petersburg, follows her husband, a political prisoner, to the deep north province of Russia. As she starts teaching art in a local school, she finds herself opposed by a twelve-year-old boy, Misha, whose brother is a feared local gang leader.