Wrongfully imprisoned, he returns to a world that moved on—revenge is the only language left.
Ilya Goryunov has spent seven years in prison on false charges of drug trafficking. When Ilya is free he realizes that the old life that he yearned for is no more. Although he did not intend to take revenge on the man who sent him to prison, now there is no other way out.
Acting
Petrov's hollow-eyed stillness says everything words cannot.
Cinematography
Moscow's gray sprawl becomes a prison without walls.
Direction
Shipenko lets silence do the screaming.
Director
Klim Shipenko
Alexander Petrov
Ilya Goryunov
Kristina Asmus
Nina
Ivan Yankovsky
Pyotr Khazin
Sofya Ozerova
Vera
Maksim Vinogradov
Serega
Elena Finogeeva
Pyotr's Mother
Kirill Nagiev
Gosha
Vladimir Kapustin
Taxi Driver
Sonya Karpunina
Galya
Vitaliy Khaev
Denis Sergeyevich
Andrey Shchepochkin
General Korzhayev
Tatyana Polosina
Stasya
Pavel Golubev
Shop Assistant
Natalya Zhernakova
Nurse
Oleg Zima
Pyotr's Father
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Reflects real anxieties about Russia's flawed justice system and the impossibility of reintegration for ex-prisoners.
Kristina Asmus, who plays Nina, is a major Russian TV star—her casting brought unexpected mainstream attention to this grim indie thriller.
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