A midlife crisis so Russian it involves mystics, mobsters, and maybe your soul.
Gleb Ryazanov, a successful businessman, suddenly realizes that he has spent his best years on becoming a "right shot". Even his family life is nothing but a bargain. In a desperate attempt to start life with a clean slate Gleb leaves home, falling into a dizzying world of mysticism and crime, friendship and love. But to get out of the vicious circle is very difficult...
Acting
Kutsenko's desperate, hollow-eyed unraveling.
Direction
Noyabrev's grimy, dreamlike Moscow underworld.
Director
Ilya Noyabrev
Gosha Kutsenko
Gleb Ryazanov
Mariya Mironova
Natalia
Evgeniy Grishkovec
Stein
Vladimir Shevelkov
Sergei
Lyudmila Polyakova
Maria Nikolaevna
Svetlana Nemolyaeva
Raisa Nikitichna
Aleksandr Lazarev
Nikolay Nikolaevich
Olga Oleksiy
Svetlana
Iryna Novak
investigator prosecutor's office
Valeriy Astakhov
waiter
Oleksandr Bondarenko
Vyacheslav Borisovich
Valerii Chyhliaiev
astronomer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references the Russian criminal slang for a year-plus-one-month sentence, symbolizing Gleb's psychological imprisonment. Director Noyabrev borrowed heavily from his own post-Soviet business experiences.
The film captures the specific 2000s Russian phenomenon of 'New Russians'—suddenly wealthy men seeking spiritual meaning through shamans, sects, and eastern philosophy while remaining emotionally hollow.
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