Programmer Prince Myshkin returns to his historical homeland from Switzerland, where he was undergoing treatment in a psychiatric clinic. On the bus, the prince meets businessman Parfen Rogozhin, who is suffering from lovesickness for Nastasya Filippovna.
Acting
Ivan Okhlobystin's Rogozhin is terrifyingly unhinged
Direction
Kachanov weaponizes slacker aesthetics against Russian lit canon
Writing
Script dares to make Prince Myshkin a code-junkie messiah

Director
Roman Kachanov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Russia's 'chernukha' wave — films depicting post-Soviet decay with unflinching black humor. Kachanov dared to apply this to Dostoevsky, scandalizing traditionalists.
Fyodor Bondarchuk (Myshkin) is son of legendary director Sergei Bondarchuk, who adapted War and Peace. The casting was read as generational betrayal of Soviet cinema grandeur.
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