Oleg is a suburban guy, he has been into boxing since childhood, now together with his friend Lyokha they work in a car repair shop on the Kanonersky island, where they live your average Russian life. He is saving for a round-the-world trip, making plans until a training session cuts his life into the “before” and “after” parts.
Acting
Pavel Davydov's physical transformation tells the whole story.
Cinematography
Kanonersky island becomes a character — gray, isolated, inescapable.
Director
Arseniy Gerasimov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kanonersky island is a real industrial wasteland in St. Petersburg, historically used for quarantine and burial — the film uses its actual geography as metaphor.
Director Gerasimov cast actual mechanics from the island as background actors; the repair shop location was their real workplace.
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