A movie which at first seems like a simple life story of an ordinary young man slowly evolves into an extraordinarily told ballade with twofold meaning - sad and optimistic at the same time...
Direction
Solovyov's poetic visual language elevates mundane moments
Writing
Dialogue that stings with post-Soviet disillusionment
Acting
Dmitriy Solovyov's raw, unshowy vulnerability
Director
Sergey Solovyov
Dmitriy Solovyov
Иван Громов
Nikolay Chindyaykin
психоневролог (подполковник м/с)
Valentin Gaft
Саледон старший (известный скульптор-диссидент)
Sergey Garmash
Семен Семенович (трудовик и военрук)
Boris Grebenshchikov
Self
Kirill Lavrov
дед Ивана Громова (генерал-лейтенант авиации)
Andrei Panin
Окуньков (старлей милиции)
Ludmila Savelyeva
бабушка Ивана («ночная ведьма» – бывшая летчица)
Olga Sidorova
Надя Супортова
Sergey Solovyov
голос рассказчика
Tatyana Monakhova
проститутка
Andrey Savostyanov
Вадик Юдин
Andrey Mezhulis
завуч школы
Ivan Litvinov
бандит
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Sergey Solovyov cast his own son Dmitriy as Ivan, adding uncomfortable autobiographical layers to this father-son artistic tension.
Boris Grebenshchikov's cameo isn't stunt casting — his real-life status as Soviet rock royalty embodies the film's tension between state conformity and artistic rebellion.
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