A novelist struggling with writer's block enlists the aid of an assassin for some inspiration -- fully unaware that he is being set up to take the blame for a murder.
Acting
Khabenskiy's unraveling writer is deliciously pathetic.
Direction
Oganesyan keeps you guessing what's staged and what's real.
Director
Karen Oganesyan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film's Russian title 'Призрак' shares its name with the theater troupe Anton writes about, blurring fiction within fiction.
Oganesyan uses the 145-minute runtime to lull viewers into Anton's delusion, making the final reveal hit like a betrayal by your own memory.
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