What if forgetting your sins was worse than remembering them?
It shows the life of a man who lost his memory after a car accident. It's like a person is being reborn. But the new life does not bring happiness to the hero. Well-mannered, with good manners, he asks his friend, "What kind of person was I?" And gets an answer: "You were a heavy drinker." All the hero's attempts to establish contact with the world around him end in failure, and the final scene is very dramatic.
Acting
Romantsov's hollow-eyed rebirth is devastating.
Direction
Geller frames alienation like it's another character.
Writing
The drinking revelation lands like a gut punch.
Director
Vladimir Geller
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during perestroika, the film channels Soviet anxiety about erased histories and uncertain futures.
The final scene was shot in one take; Romantsov reportedly couldn't stop shaking between takes.
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