Office rage meets New Year's Eve: three Russians plot the ultimate performance review.
Three friends - a police officer from the traffic police Nika, a family man and a marketer Stas and a seller of children's toys Tyomich - decide to arrange a gift for themselves for the New Year: to deal with their bosses, who got them incredibly. They only have 24 hours to plan three perfect murders.
Acting
Mariya Arnaut's deadpan desperation as traffic cop Nika is *chef's kiss*.
Writing
Three murder plots, zero competence, maximum cringe-comedy gold.
Production
Moscow's New Year chaos becomes a character—glitter, snow, and existential dread.
Director
Alexey Zotov
Mariya Arnaut
Nika
Anton Shurtsov
Tema
Roman Popov
Stas
Vyacheslav Manucharov
Oleg
Dmitry Endaltsev
Matvey
Fyodor Lavrov
lieutenant colonel
Marusya Klimova
Lena
Mariya Paley
Anzhela
Igor Khripunov
Yarik
Dmitriy Kulichkov
Tolik
Aysurat Shamanova
Maria Nikolaevna
Aleksandr Oblasov
taxi driver
Albina Evtushevskaya
neighbor
Evgeny Stepanov
waiter
Sofiya Petrova
girl
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'office revenge' genre exploded in post-Soviet cinema as economic precarity made worker-boss tensions viscerally relatable.
Director Zotov apparently encouraged improvised panic in the final act—those sweating close-ups? Method suffering.
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