Two complete strangers meet each other at the dramatic and sad funeral of a very young man. They are affected by the strong feelings and emotions caused by death and they find themselves in the same bed, experiencing an inexplicably strong attraction to each other. They will spend several passionate days and nights together in one apartment, in a strange erotic adventure, isolated from the world and reality, during which they will have a complete rethink of life, each in their own way. Until, finally, one of them realises that the obsession has led them too far, and the adventure takes a dangerous turn. Perhaps one of them is not who they seem and poses a threat.
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Cast
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Anastasiya Bakova
Katya
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Nikolay Kislichenko
Vyacheslav
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Confrontation
Boris Fomenko
dead man
Viktor Stroilov
patient
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Mikhail Negin
father
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Mariya Nikulochkina
mother
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Marina Naymushina
grandmother
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Lyudmila Savikhina
nurse
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Kseniya Zueva Director · Daniil Fomichev Cinematographer Andrey Cherkasov Editor
First release May 7, 2018 · Produced in Russia · Original title Мерцание
Production
Russia
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Original title
Мерцание
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Monaco · May 7, 2018
Premiere · Monaco Charity Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
September 1, 2018 · Premiere · Moscow Festival of Russian Cinema "Budem zhit"
United Kingdom
December 1, 2018 · Premiere · Russian Film Week
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