Desc: Sonia: Directed by Lucy Kostelanetz. With Al Berr, Melinda Buckley, Corinne Demole-Schutz, Lucy Kostelanetz. A story about passion, art and idealism. Sonia (Sofia) Dymshitz-Tolstaya survived Russia's Revolution, Stalin's purges, and personal tragedy to create the vibrant canvases that expressed her unquenchable spirit and captured the spirit of her times.