A Russian oligarch tries to buy Vienna's soul—his translator has other plans with the cash.
Russian Oligarch Igor is as rich as he is extravagant: He plans to build his brand new villa right on a world famous and preserved bridge in the middle of Vienna! To bribe all the politicians, he needs the help of his interpreter Nadja. But Nadja has her own idea of what to do with all the bribe money.
Acting
Breitkreiz dominates as Nadja—cunning, exhausted, weirdly rootable.
Writing
Sharp bilingual wordplay; the script weaponizes translation itself.
Director
Elena Tikhonova
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film satirizes real post-Soviet oligarch infiltration of European real estate, particularly London and Vienna's 'golden visa' economy.
Director Elena Tikhonova is Russian-Austrian herself; she based Igor's bridge scheme on actual controversial development battles in Vienna's historic center.
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