A Russian loser, a mysterious old lady, and a marathon nobody asked for.
Tolik didn't succeed in life, sports career did not work, his wife left him. Unsuccessful, unloved, hopeless, he has lost faith in himself. All changes when he encounters a strange stranger Anna Ilinichna, who invites him to take part in an unusual marathon in faraway America.
Acting
Porechenkov's perfect embodiment of beautiful loser energy.
Direction
Oganesyan balances bleakness and warmth without sentimentality.
Director
Karen Oganesyan
Mikhail Porechenkov
Tolik Antipov
Yekaterina Vasilyeva
Anna Rusova
Yulia Peresild
Inna
Anatoliy Belyy
Stas
Igor Savochkin
Vova
Olga Volkova
Valentina Ivanovna
Sergey Gazarov
Zhores Petrovich
Anna Mikhalkova
Natalya Odintsova
Mariya Aronova
director of a nursing home
Leonid Gromov
director of the pool
Olga Khokhlova
Galina Nikolaevna
H.M. Wynant
David
Irina Pivovarova
Vova's wife
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film quietly interrogates Russian post-Soviet masculine identity — success defined by career, marriage, status — and finds radical possibility in total collapse.
Despite its 4.6 TMDB rating, the film developed a devoted cult following in Russia for its unflinching portrayal of provincial desperation.
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