6.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Your Heart Will Be Broken (2026)
Your Heart Will Be Broken (2026)
Overview
Russian teen drama where high school newcomer Polina strikes a deal with bully Bars to pose as her boyfriend in exchange for protection from harassment, following his rules. Directed by Michael Vaynberg. Starring Veronika Zhuravleva as Polina, Daniel Vegas as Bars, Daymon Cherednik, Ramaz Chiaureli, and Nataliya Derbeneva.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
6.8
Overview
Russian teen drama where high school newcomer Polina strikes a deal with bully Bars to pose as her boyfriend in exchange for protection from harassment, following his rules. Directed by Michael Vaynberg. Starring Veronika Zhuravleva as Polina, Daniel Vegas as Bars, Daymon Cherednik, Ramaz Chiaureli, and Nataliya Derbeneva.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central conflict revolves around bullying and a protective alliance in a high school setting, resolved through evolving personal connections that emphasize empathy and individual agency without advancing partisan ideologies.
The film employs traditional casting with a predominantly white Russian ensemble in standard roles for its setting. Its narrative examines adolescent bullying and relationships without incorporating critiques of traditional identities or explicit DEI elements.
Secondary
Teen melodrama frames family units as fractured and obstructive, with emotionally unstable parents, blended-family antagonism, and abusive households impeding the protagonists' romance rather than nurturing it.
The film contains no LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
The film features no identifiable transsexual characters or themes.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The adaptation features Polina as a female protagonist bullied at school and Bars as the male bully who poses as her boyfriend, matching the novel's characterizations without gender alterations.
The film adapts a Russian young adult novel about high school students, featuring original characters without canonical racial depictions that mismatch the actors' ethnic backgrounds, all consistent with a Eastern European setting.
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