Vyacheslav Ermakov, a phony businessman and life-waster, owes a large sum to a crime boss and, to pay off his debt, is forced to agree to carry out his errand. But a fateful encounter occurs along the way. To survive, Slava must play a survival game. The film is unusual in the ambiguity of its antagonist and his motives, all set against the backdrop of class conflict and reflection on the collapse of the USSR.
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Cast
14 people
Aleksandr Golovin
Known for
Bastards
Six Degrees of Celebration
Aleksey Serebryakov
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Nobody
Leviathan
Paul Orlyanskiy
Known for
Red Ghost
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Valeriy Skorokosov
Known for
The Big Game
Zaza Chanturiya
Known for
Frontier
Anastasia Scheglova
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Evgeniya Lezgintseva
Known for
Infiltration
Karina Gazzaeva
Glafira Tarkhanova
Also in
Infidelities
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Anton Vohmin
Also in
Eye of the Desert
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Marina Ermoshkina
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Diana Kadi Director · Timofey Rakhmanov Composer Alexey Shubakov Cinematographer
First release August 20, 2026 · Produced in Russia
Production
Kadi Film
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Russia
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Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · August 20, 2026
Premiere · Koroche Short And Debut Film Festival
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