A journalist hunts her rapists through Moscow's criminal underworld — but revenge has a price.
The journalist becomes a victim of rape. To take revenge on the rapists, she makes a deal with the criminals. But things are beginning to unfold unpredictably...
Acting
Metlitskaya's hollow-eyed transformation from victim to something worse.
Direction
Sergeev's unflinching gaze at Moscow's criminal ecosystem.
Director
Viktor Sergeev
Irina Metlitskaya
Olga Privalova
Andrey Sokolov
Andrey Arsentyev
Larisa Guzeeva
Sveta
Sergey Gazarov
Igor Pogodin
Boris Galkin
Aleksandr Zavalishin
Stanislav Sadalskiy
Viktor Goldner
Algis Matulionis
Voldemar Karlovich
Elena Arzhanik
Lena
Aristarkh Livanov
Sergey Gavrilov
Larisa Tsapusto
Zhanna
Igor Kharlamov
Voldemar's handyman
Yevgeni Aleksandrov
administrator at a restaurant
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during glasnost, this was among the first Soviet films to depict systemic police corruption and organized crime without Party-mandated moral resolution. The censors hated it. Audiences were stunned.
Metlitskaya reportedly refused to speak to Sokolov off-camera during the gang scenes to maintain psychological distance. Method acting in 1990 USSR meant actual emotional damage.
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