When the police finally catch an elusive serial killer, no one can prove his guilt, resulting in the lead detective making it personal.
Direction
Kvataniya's unflinching long takes that refuse to look away.
Acting
Tavadze's chilling stillness versus Spivakovskiy's unraveling fury.
Cinematography
Bleak Soviet brutalism that suffocates in every frame.
Director
Lado Kvataniya
Niko Tavadze
Issa Davydov
Daniil Spivakovskiy
Miron
Yuliya Snigir
Vera
Evgeniy Tkachuk
Sevastyanov
Aglaya Tarasova
Kira
Viktoriya Tolstoganova
Nadezhda Davydova
Olga Lapshina
Inna Soyina
Ivan Mulin
Korzh
Agrippina Steklova
general
Dmitry Gizbrekht
Chess Player
Igor Savochkin
Artur Khamraev
Evgeny Muravich
Valita
Valentin Smirnitskiy
general
Ekaterina Ermishina
Sveta
Elena Morozova
Grigoryeva
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kvataniya cited real Russian police corruption cases and the 'werewolves in uniform' phenomenon as direct inspiration.
The 130-minute runtime mirrors classic Soviet prison interrogation lengths—Kvataniya wanted audiences to feel temporal imprisonment.
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