All day long the TV shows an ice-hole. Ice-holes are the theme of the day, a winter tradition that unites believers and sportsmen, stars and walruses, the president and the unemployed. In the centre of the news reports are the topics of Baptism, fishing and the criminal chronicle. The president and a pike, the artist and the crit- ics, the oligarch and the law enforcement team – they all meet at an ice- hole in search of solutions for their problems. The jobless Muscovite, with bad habits, dives down an ice-hole for a wife, just like Sadko. The fairy- tale plots intertwine with documentary context, and it is no longer clear where reality ends. Remember Nietzsche: if you long gaze into the abyss, the abyss will also gaze into you.
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Cast
22 people
Mikhail Efremov
disgraced oligarch
Known for
Generation P
Upon the Magic Roads
Vasily Mikhailov
Known for
Leto
The Ugly Swans
Andrey Rodionov
freelance drinker
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Petrov's Flu
Yuri's Day
Dmitriy Brusnikin
the president
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The Unit
Закон и порядок: Отдел оперативных расследований
Denis Yasik
Oleg Romanov
Known for
Row 19
Oleg Kamenshchikov
Known for
Chikatilo
Alexandr Userdin
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Ira
Bullet Collector
Valentin Samokhin
Known for
Fidelity
Billion
Mikhail Plutakhin
Also in
Mechanics
Danton’s Death
Kseniya Orlova
Anna Kitina
Known for
How Viktor "The Garlic" Took Alexey "The Stud" to the Nursing Home
Olga Vorobyova
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Words Eaten
Mikhail Fishman
announcer
Andrey Silvestrov Director · Andrey Rodionov Screenplay Ekaterina Troepolskaya Screenplay
Worldwide gross $2.5K · First release June 9, 2017 · Produced in Russia
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,475
Production
Kosmosfilm
Production
Russia
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Original title
Прорубь
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · June 9, 2017
Premiere · Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr
Russia · September 28, 2017
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Estonia
November 11, 2017 · Premiere · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Russia
August 23, 2017 · Premiere · International Kansk Video Festival
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