Lucas, a diamond trader who travels to Saint Petersburg to arrange a sale, discovers that his Russian business partner has left his hotel and gone to a small Siberian village, so Lucas also heads there to try find him.
Cinematography
Siberian landscapes that swallow characters whole.
Acting
Keanu's whisper-grief meets Ana Ularu's weary warmth.
Director
Matthew Ross
Keanu Reeves
Lucas Hill
Ana Ularu
Katya
Pasha D. Lychnikoff
Boris Volkov
Boris Gulyarin
Pyotr
Ashley St. George
Christa
Elliot Lazar
Sergei, Bellboy
Veronica Ferres
Raisa
Vladimir Shklyar
Boris' Bodyguard
Mikhail Bogdanov
Mercedes Driver
Rafael Petardi
Pavel
Vitaliy Demens
Leo
James Alexander
Vincent
Dmitry Chepovetsky
Ivan
Kis Yurij
Vasily
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Keanu learned basic Russian for the role and insisted on minimal dialogue, making his character's isolation feel almost documentary-real.
The film was savaged by critics (4.7/10) but has developed a cult following for its unapologetic slowness—it's basically an anti-thriller that dares you to care.
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