Fresh out of prison, perfect scapegoat. One lie spirals into a soul-eating nightmare.
Again, a commotion in a small Volga town, a girl disappeared again, they are again looking for a maniac. Zhenya is the only one who knows the truth: the death of the child was an accident. Actually, the girl died almost before his eyes. Only he does not dare to tell this truth to anyone. The fact is that Zhenya was released from prison a couple of days ago, and the sister of the deceased child is Zhenya's ex-girlfriend who left him. The ideal accused. And Zhenya embarks on a difficult, humiliating, dangerous operation to secretly bury a corpse, but if he can go to the end in his deceit, he will lose himself.
Acting
Kotrelev's face does three hours of acting in silence.
Direction
Kuznetsov weaponizes the mundane — every shovel feels loaded.
Cinematography
Gray Volga skies that physically press down on your chest.
Director
Maxim Kuznetsov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Russia's 'provincial noir' wave, where the Volga region itself becomes a character of stagnation and suspicion.
Kuznetsov reportedly shot the burial sequence in real-time continuity to trap Kotrelev in authentic psychological exhaustion — it shows.
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