Your Heart Will Be Broken (2026)
High school student Polina is saved from bullying at her new school and makes a deal with the main bully Bars: he must pretend to be her boyfriend and protect her, and she must do everything he says. During this game, the couple develops real feelings, but her family and classmates have reasons to separate the lovers.
What people think about Your Heart Will Be Broken
Your Heart Will Be Broken is the kind of swoony, high-stakes teen romance that leans into big feelings without apologizing for them, turning a familiar “fake relationship” setup into something charged with tension and genuine vulnerability. Mikhail Vaynberg frames Polina and Bars’ deal as both a shield and a trap, so every tender moment comes with the electric sense that it could crack under the weight of school cruelty, family pressure, and grief that hasn’t healed yet. The movie’s real hook is the chemistry: you can feel the shift from hostility to reluctant trust to something messy and sincere, all wrapped in a glossy, melodramatic vibe that’s easy to sink into. It’s not for viewers who can’t stand controlling-relationship dynamics or heightened soap-opera intensity, but if you want romance that hurts a little on the way to hope, this one knows exactly where to press.
Your Heart Will Be Broken is clearly aiming for a glossy, angst-heavy teen romance where a “fake dating” setup turns into something real, with trauma and social pressure stacked against the couple. The problem is the hook hinges on a coercive power dynamic—“do everything he says” isn’t flirtation, it’s control—and if the film doesn’t interrogate that seriously, it can feel uncomfortable rather than swoony. Expect familiar beats, big emotional swings, and a plot that often chooses melodrama over surprise, which will either hit your guilty-pleasure button or make you roll your eyes. If you like brooding bad-boy protectors and messy first-love intensity, you’ll find some watchable chemistry and momentum; if you’re sensitive to bullying themes or want healthier relationship foundations, this probably isn’t your night.
Cast
Daniel VegasБарс
Veronika ZhuravlevaПолина
Ivan TrushinЛэйм
Maksim SaprykinЛеха- AAlya MayerДилара
Evgeniya Lozaмама Полины
Pavel Kuzminотчим Полины
Alexandra TikhonovaСаша
Margarita DyachenkovaЛика
Anton SolomatinВласов- DDiana GilМилана
Alexander Prismotrov-BelovЕсин
Andrey KazakovСперанский- PPolina VereshchaginaДылда
- NNatalia DerbenevaОльга Владимировна
- MMilanya KanashБелкина
- OOleg MilyakhovskyОболтус
Sofia GolubevaТолстая
Crew
- Director
- Mikhail Vaynberg
- Cinematography
- Konstantin Postnikov
- Editing
- Mikhail Vaynberg
Details
- Released
- March 26, 2026
- Language
- Russian
- Studio
- All Media A Start Company, START Studio, Sverdlovsk Film Studio
- IMDb
- tt38190257
