Three strangers, one coffin, zero explanations — Russian melancholy at its finest.
Three men are united around the coffin of a woman they have never seen before. They have been summoned to the morgue by their old school-friend, now a factory boss, who promised the old, lonely lady a decent funeral.
Acting
Tukaev's weary eyes carry entire Soviet generations.
Direction
Muradov finds poetry in boiler houses and dumplings.
Writing
Dialogue that feels stolen from real drunk conversations.
Director
Alexey Muradov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Soviet national police' militsiya depictions reflect post-Soviet Russia's ambivalent relationship with state authority — authority figures here are corrupt but weirdly human.
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