Pichul's Little Vera takes place during the crumbling of the Soviet Union. During this time we follow one young girls struggle to find her place within those walls. Although Vera is rude, crude, and permiscuous character, she still shows some of the common characteristics of a tragic hero. She is basically torn down by her surroundings and is having an extremely hard time dealing with that. However, she does seem to have a quirky, semi-optimistic outlook on various aspects of life. Her attempted suicide is her "chance at freedom", to escape her current, awful situation.

Vera's character was a tad inspiring to me. She loved the feeling of being in control of her outcome whether that included making love to random men, doind a variety of drugs, or coaxing her parents into her wants. Although she was definitely considered quite permiscuous by most, she was still independent and made her own choices, even though they weren't always the wisest. And besides the fact the she was a "sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll" type of girl, it is always nice to see a women, especially in the time period it was made, be in a independent and strong role. In the end, she even wanted to feel control over her own life through her attempted suicide.