A therapist who's broken everything tries to outrun his own mind. Spoiler: you can't.
Artyom Streletski, a therapist known for his non-conventional approach to solving patients' problems, has lost almost everything: his family, his friends, his practice, and the ability to trust the people around him. In a desperate attempt to escape from everything that hurts he moves away and settles on the outskirts of the country, in a small town filled with his sweet childhood memories. He starts a brand new career and finds new love but the past is catching up with him, and to regain the happiness Artyom has to face his troubles and stop running away from them once and for all.
Acting
Matveev's hollow-eyed exhaustion feels lived-in, not performed.
Cinematography
Bleak Russian landscapes that mirror internal desolation.
Director
Aleksandra Remizova
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Post-Soviet Russian cinema loves broken male protagonists in crumbling industrial towns; this continues that tradition with a therapy-culture twist.
Remizova's background in documentary filmmaking explains the clinical, unflinching gaze on Artyom's self-sabotage—no melodrama, just observation.
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