Andrei is the head of a gang of antisemitic skinheads clinging to the old communist ideals in post-Communist Moscow. When he learns that his long lost father actually is a Jewish bohemian living in Moscow, rather than an Afghanistan war hero, he traces him down in order to kill him. But the intriguing father and his "reactionary" lifstyle soon fascinates Andrei which leads to a clash with his gang.
Acting
Oleg Borisov's chaotic bohemian energy steals every scene
Direction
Lungin captures 90s Moscow like a fever dream
Writing
The gang's casual cruelty feels terrifyingly real
Director
Pavel Lungin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released just months after the Soviet Union's collapse, it captures a nation spiritually homeless.
Director Lungin stated the father was inspired by Jewish artists who survived Stalinism through ironic detachment.
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