Call Me Mother

Lena, a forty-year-old marketing manager from Moscow, receives a bizarre proposal from an old school friend: to become a surrogate mother for her child in exchange for a life-changing sum. She initially dismisses the idea as absurd, but mounting mortgage debt and a creeping sense that life is passing her by force her to reconsider. The 2025 comedy-drama unfolds as a series of awkward doctor visits, heated arguments with a disapproving mother, and an unexpected, fragile bond forming with the client. The film walks a tightrope between genuine reflections on motherhood and personal purpose, and sharp satire aimed at the commercialized world of reproductive services. The heroine finds herself in a moral quagmire where money, emotion, and responsibility become inextricably tangled.