The read
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
During the Gorbachev years, Platon Makovski and his four buddies are university students who jump on the private capitalism movement. Fast-forward 20 years, Platon finds himself the richest man in Russia, having sacrificed his friends to get to the top. But with this cynical rise, comes a brutal fall.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes46%
Metacritic49/100
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
49 audience votes
Key crew
- Aleksandr BorodyanskiyWriter
- Pavel LunginWriter
- Pavel LunginDirector
- Yuliy DubovScreenplay
Cast
- Vladimir MashkovPlaton Makovskiy
- Mariya MironovaMariya
- Andrey KraskoShmakov
- Aleksandr BaluevKoretskiy
- Vladimir SteklovBelenkiy
- Marat BasharovKoshkin
- Levan UchaneishviliLarri
- Valentin VaretskiiMember of the Security Counsil
- Mikhail VasserbaumMark
- Vladimir GolovinAkhmet
- Vladimir GusevLomov
- Vladimir KashpurShip Captain