One lost card. Three days. A man who bets his whole life on chaos winning.
Caucasus, City of Cherkessk. Soslanov Sasha or how friends are used to call him Sos is never dejected. Expelled from the University, nowhere to spend the night, a love of life Nina leaving the city - it's all rubbish. Sos is loyal to his fortune. One day, out of boredom, Sasha desperately gambles an "Express" wage - the bet is starting to win. However, Sos has lost the money-receiving card and now he has only 3 days to find his "Express". Cherkessk Odyssey has begun.
Acting
Lev Zulkarnaev's deadpan desperation is weirdly magnetic.
Direction
Bratov turns Cherkessk into a surreal character itself.
Writing
Dialogue that feels improvised but lands every beat.
Director
Ruslan Bratov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cherkessk is rarely depicted on screen; Bratov films it as both love letter and absurdist wasteland. The Caucasus setting isn't backdrop—it's the whole mood.
The 'Express' bet structure mirrors classic Russian literary irony: the harder Sos tries to control fate, the more fate mocks him. Gogol would recognize this loser.
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