The teen romance "By the Shards of Your Heart," a sequel to the hit film "Your Heart Will Be Broken," will be released in Russian cinemas on October 14, 2027, producers announced. The exact date was confirmed three months after the first film's premiere.
"Your Heart Will Be Broken" opened in cinemas in the spring of 2026 as the first screen adaptation of a novel by Russian author Anna Jain, whose real name is Anna Potapkina. In its final weekend of March 2026 the film topped the Russian box office, and its cinema run earned more than 900 million rubles, roughly three times its production budget.
Filming on the sequel is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2027. As with the first film, production will be handled by the studio Yellow, Black and White, together with Ol Media Company, the streaming platforms START and Premier, and Sverdlovsk Film Studio.
Even before shooting was announced, more than 100,000 users had marked "will watch" on the Kinopoisk page for the sequel, a figure the outlet noted was comparable to the number of users who had done the same for the new "Avengers" film listing.
What happens in the sequel
"By the Shards of Your Heart" picks up three years after the events of "Your Heart Will Be Broken." Polina Tumanova, now 20, is a university student who spends her nights taking part in illegal motorcycle races, where she is known in the biker community by the nickname Rys, meaning Lynx. The adrenaline-fuelled hobby helps her cope with grief after losing Dima Barsov, known as Bars. Although Polina and everyone around her believe Dima is dead, she keeps feeling that he is somewhere nearby.
How the first film ended
In "Your Heart Will Be Broken," 17-year-old Polina Tumanova moves to a new city with her mother and stepfather Andrei after her father's death and enrols at an elite school. She is bullied by Lika Malinovskaya, the head teacher's daughter, after catching the attention of classmate Egor Vlasov, whom Lika likes. Local troublemaker Dima Barsov steps in to defend her, and the two strike a deal to pretend to be a couple, with Dima kissing her to sell the story and offering to drive her to school on his motorcycle. As the story unfolds, Dima is revealed as a deeply traumatized young man who struggles to trust people, while Polina's own past, including an earlier incident that ended in a fight and police involvement, comes to light.
The film's ending brings a string of crises. Dima's former boss at an auto shop withholds his pay, and Dima scratches the man's car in revenge, prompting the boss to demand compensation and threaten Polina. After his father refuses to help, Dima enters an illegal motorcycle race but fails to win. Polina, meanwhile, witnesses her stepfather beating her mother and is nearly attacked herself before Dima intervenes; her mother sides with her husband and throws Polina out of the house. Dima's father, facing serious business trouble, decides to flee the country and takes his son with him, giving Dima no chance to say goodbye. The next morning Polina sees a news report of a plane crash involving Dima's entire family and concludes he has died, before leaving the city herself. In the final scene, she spots a young man on a motorcycle who resembles Dima from a train window, though the film leaves it unresolved whether it was really him.
Cast
The sequel brings back the cast from the first film. Veronika Zhuravleva, known for "Mister Nogot," returns as Polina Tumanova, now going by Rys. Daniel Vegas again plays Dima Barsov. Ivan Trushin, known for "The Secret of Admiral Ushakov," plays Ruslan, nicknamed Laim, the stepfather's son from a previous marriage and one of the story's main antagonists, who organized the bullying of Polina and rivalled Dima on the racetrack; his sister Sasha is Dima's ex-girlfriend.
Maxim Saprykin, known for "Papa's Daughters: New Generation," plays Dima's best friend Lekha Kostorov, who began dating Polina's friend Dilara in the first film. Alya Mayer, from "Staying Friends," plays Dilara, who was also bullied but is too afraid to fight back. Alexandra Tikhonova, of "Teenagers: First Love," plays Sasha, Laim's sister and Dima's ex-girlfriend, who suffers under a tyrannical father. Evgenia Loza, known for "Moths," plays Polina's mother Dana, and Pavel Kuzmin, of "The Daring Ones," plays stepfather Andrei. Margarita Dyachenkova, from "Out of Coverage," returns as Lika Malinovskaya, Polina's chief tormentor.
No new lead characters are expected in the sequel, but new secondary figures will appear, including a mentor who trains Polina on the racetrack, rivals, new acquaintances from university, people connected to Dima's family, and new allies of Laim.
Production
Mikhail Weinberg directed both "Your Heart Will Be Broken" and "By the Shards of Your Heart." Weinberg previously directed the thriller "Live a Life" starring Lyubov Aksyonova. Screenwriters and a cinematographer for the sequel have not yet been announced.
The first film was shot mainly in Yekaterinburg, since its characters live in a large modern city that is not Moscow, and the sequel will also be filmed there. Viktor Shadrin, general director of Sverdlovsk Film Studio, said the project was very important for the studio because it confirmed its status as a reliable partner. He said young people were travelling to Yekaterinburg to photograph themselves at the film's locations and recreate scenes from it, which he said showed the city was modern, attractive and open to filmmaking.
The first film carried a 16+ age rating, while the sequel has been given a 12+ rating, suggesting it will contain less violence and adult content overall.
