The film follows Denis, a young aspiring DJ who, although poor, has everything else in his favor: a calling in life as a musician, good friends and a faithful companion. Denis's fall from grace begins with a drug deal, which he agrees to out of the need for money. The decision leads to deadly consequences for almost everyone else around him, as Denis is subsequently forced to work as a drug dealer for a mafia boss and as an informer for the police chief of his city. Despite his attempts to “work off his sins”, Denis cannot escape the world of drugs and violence...
Acting
Maksim Matveev's slow-motion collapse from hopeful to hollow
Direction
Todorovsky's suffocating 2000s Moscow aesthetic
Production
The club scenes feel genuinely lived-in, not glamorous
Director
Valery Todorovsky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is Russia's answer to 'Scarface' and 'City of God'—a post-Soviet nightmare where organized crime and state corruption intertwine like DNA strands.
Fyodor Bondarchuk (Dudaytis) is son of legendary Soviet director Sergei Bondarchuk; his casting adds meta-weight to the generational corruption theme.
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