Two men walk onto a roof. One wants to die. The other wants to die *aesthetically*.
Igor is a once successful millionaire, now bankrupt and a man on the brink. Having reached the roof of a high-rise building, he is preparing to put an end to his life. But his plans are disrupted by the appearance of a strange guy who decided that dying beautifully is also a kind of art. Their acquaintance turns into an absurd duel of despair... And what will happen next - a jump into the abyss or a decision to start a new life, remains a mystery until the very end.
Writing
Biting dialogue that finds comedy in suicide planning.
Acting
Kotrelev and Yatsko's desperate, volatile chemistry.
Director
Gleb Puskepalis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Russian cinema has a storied tradition of 'roof films' as liminal spaces — from *The Roof* (1983) to *How I Ended This Summer* — where characters confront mortality against vast urban skies.
The 19-minute runtime mirrors real-time desperation; director Puskepalis reportedly filmed the rooftop scenes in a single location over two days, using natural light shifts to compress time.
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