To earn money, nineteen-year-old Lyosha must lose a Zhiguli race to blogger Shkurny live. But even the younger brother does not know that according to the agreement in the finale, Lyosha must set fire to his grandfather's car. Having penetrated the vibrant world of drifters and learned the story of his grandfather-designer, Lyosha faces a choice whether to succumb to the blogger and destroy the car or defend the honor of his family.
Practical Effects
Real Zhiguli destruction — no CGI, just Russian engineering.
Stunts
Drift sequences shot in actual provincial wastelands.
Director
Natalia Akhmetova-Kalyonova
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The VAZ-2101 'Zhiguli' was the Soviet people's car — owning one signaled working-class dignity, making its destruction a symbolic assault on post-Soviet identity itself.
Shkurny represents a specifically Russian influencer archetype: the gopnik-turned-content-creator who monetizes humiliation of the poor. The film asks who the real parasite is.
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