15 minutes that'll make you side-eye your bank account forever.
We are all waiting for something. But when you are young and ambitious, when you are full of energy, and at your feet the whole world and you are ready for real adventures. When the only thing that is really important is money, and preferably a lot of money. Nothing will stop you, and no one will stand in your way. Cinema about people - close and not very strange and so understandable, terrible and beautiful at the same time. After all, people are so different when money appears in their hands. And everyone will get what he wants. Sometimes you just have to wait. After all, life is so arranged.
Acting
Bashirov's weary desperation hits different.
Writing
Economic storytelling—every ruble matters.
Direction
Bystrov squeezes a lifetime of waiting into 15 minutes.
Director
Vasily Bystrov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bashirov is a cult Soviet cinema icon—his presence here signals serious absurdist pedigree despite the comedy label.
The title's pun ('between us/international') winks at post-Soviet Russia's awkward relationship with global capitalism and local corruption.
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