The read
It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
Following a brawl, Captain Ignat, who is traumatised by the death of his daughter, is ordered together with a regular soldier to find a deserter and bring him back via Moscow to stand before a military court. Although they locate the young soldier, their journey across the wintry moloch that is Moscow is slow and tortuous. Before long, the unlikely trio find themselves drawn into a chaotic maelstrom of violence, corruption, criminality, degradation and squalidness. In the face of the monstrous malaise and everyday horror of life in Russia, the gradual breakdown of the film’s anti-hero becomes a metaphor for Russian society.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Aleksei MizgiryovDirector
- Aleksei MizgiryovScreenplay
- Alexandr ManotskovOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Oleg VasilkovIgnat
- Azamat NigmanovArtyom
- Dmitriy KulichkovSergeant
- Daniela StojanovićIgnat's Wife
- Taras KolyadovWata
- Aleksei GnilitskyCommanding Officer
- Nikolay KachuraMilitia Leader
- Nikolai MaltsevOfficer in Commander's Office
- Evgeny AntropovTimoha Deserter