Flowers by Liza

Movie · 3h 5m

Starring Glafira Tarkhanova, Alexander Lazarev, Svetlana Nemolyaeva, Mikhail Gorevoy

Liza’s life seems completely hopeless. From morning till night, she sells fish at a wholesale market, endures her boss’s rudeness, and returns home to a nagging stepmother and a constantly drunk father. Every day, walking past the city’s central streets, she gazes longingly at the shop windows behind which lies another, fairy-tale world — a world of happy people. Just when Liza is ready to give up hope of changing her life, fate suddenly smiles on her: she gets a job at an elite flower salon. But on her very first day, she is fired — she has neither the upbringing nor the manners expected there. Even dressed in an expensive uniform, she still seems like a market vendor. Determined to change her fate, Liza decides to become a true lady and win her place back. Fortunately for her, Professor Levitin — a philologist, aristocrat, and refined gentleman — is looking for a student…