This Is Not Me

Alexey stares at his reflection and doesn't recognize the man in the mirror. He has a prestigious IT career, a perfect apartment, yet every morning he wakes up feeling like an actor playing someone else's part. His life runs on flawless algorithms until a chance encounter with Katya, a painter living in a derelict studio, turns everything upside down. She creates art nobody buys and asks questions Alexey cannot answer. This 2025 drama explores the boundaries of identity in a world where social media dictates who we should become. The director crafts a tense dialogue between external success and internal void, questioning the true cost of perfectionism in modern society.