A high school student becomes convinced that the world is lost to evil and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults surrounding him.
Acting
Petr Skvortsov's Veniamin is terrifyingly committed, all dead eyes and biblical fury.
Direction
Serebrennikov frames institutional rot like a horror film—every hallway feels haunted.
Writing
Script weaponizes scripture with surgical precision; every debate escalates into catastrophe.
Director
Kirill Serebrennikov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Serebrennikov filmed this during Russia's tightening 'gay propaganda' laws; the government later placed him under house arrest, making the film's critique of state-sanctioned morality almost dangerously autobiographical.
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