Synopsis
Two young brothers in contemporary Russia are reunited with a father they know only from an old photograph after his sudden return from a long absence. With their mother’s reluctant consent, they set out on a remote trip that quickly becomes an uneasy test of authority, trust, and masculinity. As the journey moves deeper into the wilderness, the fragile bonds between father and sons are pushed to their limits.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Metacritic82/100
725 audience votes
Key crew
- Andrey ZvyagintsevDirector
- Andrey DergachevOriginal Music Composer
- Vladimir MoiseenkoWriter
- Aleksandr Novototskiy-VlasovWriter
Cast
- Vladimir GarinAndrey
- Konstantin LavronenkoFather
- Nataliya VdovinaMother
- Ivan DobronravovIvan
- Lazar DubovikHooligan
- Lyubov KazakovaGirl in the Mirror
- Galina PetrovaGrandmother
- Aleksey SuknovalovZavodila
- Andrey SuminMan at Port
- Elizaveta AleksandrovaOlya
- Galina PopovaBabushka
Stills
Themes
brotherabusive fatherrelationship problemsroad triptroubled teenfather son reuniontroubled pasttroubled youthfather son relationshiproadtripdysfunctional father-son relationship