He was his absolute copy – his gestures, body language and jokes were so real, no one suspected the change. Bogdanov looked at the screen as if it was mirror. the double has taken over his tV-show, held meetings with his fans, lived with his women and had drinks with his friends. Bogdanov’s life and identity were erased in an instant. Popular, successful and cynical writer Bogdanov lost everything he has been working on for years building his career. As he clearly sees that the double is better and sincerer than he, he realizes the battle of his life is lost. the only one who wants to have real Bogdanov back is his daughter...
Acting
Khabenskiy plays two men who are somehow the same person.
Direction
Khomeriki lets dread simmer without cheap tricks.
Cinematography
Moscow's glittering emptiness becomes a character.
Director
Nikolay Khomeriki
Konstantin Khabenskiy
Vladimir Bogdanov
Yuliya Khlynina
Zhanna
Fyodor Bondarchuk
Maks
Anna Mikhalkova
Vika
Severija Janušauskaitė
Lera
Dmitriy Kulichkov
Nikita, Vika's friend
Semen Shteinberg
Igor
Dmitriy Podnozov
psychiatrist
Edgar Gizatullin
security guard in the television center
Marina Kaletskaya
girl with a folder
Varvara Feofanova
Katya
Nikolay Khomeriki
homeless man
Alexandra Veleskevich
fan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film adapts Sergey Minaev's novel, itself a satire of Russia's 2000s celebrity culture where TV personalities became interchangeable commodities.
Khabenskiy reportedly struggled to differentiate the two Bogdanovs until director Khomeriki suggested the double simply smiles more—revealing how much performance lives in our smallest gestures.
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