GIRL MODEL

Despite a lack of obvious similarities between Siberia and Tokyo, a thriving model industry connects these distant regions. Girl Model follows two protagonists involved in this industry: Ashley, a deeply ambivalent model scout who scours the Siberian countryside looking for fresh faces to send to the Japanese market, and one of her discoveries, Nadya, a 13-year-old plucked from her rustic home in Russia and dropped into the center of bustling Tokyo with promises of a profitable career. After Ashleys initial discovery of Nadya, they rarely meet again, but their stories are inextricably bound. As Nadyas optimism about rescuing her family from financial hardship grows, her dreams contrast against Ashleys more jaded outlook about the industrys corrosive influence.