The would-be-star (Glupaya zvezda)

Seventeen-year-old orphan Elia Naidenova is one of the top students in her school. However, her headmaster becomes concerned at her sudden lack of enthusiasm after he has arranged a scholarship for her at the local teacher training college. Elia begins to have serious misgivings about the future that has been mapped out for her and dreams instead of becoming a singer. When she sees a television programme looking for contestants to enter a singing competition, Elia sees her chance to escape…


Semnadtsatiletnyaya Elya Najdenova – kruglaya sirota. Direktor detdoma, bespokoyas ob umnoj i soobrazitelnoj vospitannitse, vidit ee studentkoj pedagogicheskogo instituta - zabotlivaya Mamochka uzhe vybila dlya Eli u gubernatora stipendiyu. No devushka sovsem ne takim predstavlyaet svoe buduschee – ved u nee prekrasnyj golos, ona grezit o karere pevitsy. Uslyshav po televizoru o nabore v teleproekt «Zvezdnye vojny», pobeditel kotorogo poluchaet shans stat zvezdoj estrady, Elya pervym zhe avtobusom otpravlyaetsya pokoryat stolitsu.