I could write a whole fucking essay about sofia’s character as a reflection of the girl katya could have been if circumstances were different and she hadn’t had to become an ice queen just to survive. like sofia is an expression of katya’s forbidden desires, not only in the sense of her repressed romantic feelings for other woman, but as an exploration of a simpler, kinder life that katya could have had if she hadn’t gotten wrapped up with goncharov and her family’s ambitions. sadly I don’t have time to write a thesis about mafia movie lesbians from the 70’s













