Swallows Have Arrived

Pale, thin, cold-sweating Pik (Khugaev) teaches literature at the local university to students so indifferent they play cards and take phone calls while he lectures. "The hell with you,” he says, walking out mid-class. It’s unclear just why Pik seems so sickly, though by midpoint we realize he’s a heroin addict in withdrawal. Broke, alienated, shunned by his dealer, he searches for a fix or any other salvation, sharing his bleak thoughts in voiceover. Attractive lensing and spare piano/ambient sound score abet the feature’s melancholy, meditative aura.

• Irlan KhugaevWriter
• Aslan GalazovWriter
• Aslan GalazovDirector

• Irlan KhugaevCast
• Soslan TsalagovCast
• Leyla TebloevaCast
• Marat DzagurovCast
• Artur KhatagovCast
• Vyacheslav GuriyevCast
• Soslan MakievCast
• Tigran KaitmazovCast
• Zemfira GalazovaCast
• Elina ZakharovaCast