A mother's power means nothing when the phone rings at midnight.
Criminals kidnapped the son of the chairwoman of the city administration. Feelings of helplessness and fear follow. A series of checks, mocking calls, humiliating requests for help to colleagues in the "shadow business" goes on and on.
Acting
Gurchenko's unraveling of composed authority.
Direction
Endless corridors of Soviet institutional dread.
Writing
Conversations that weaponize politeness.
Director
Yuri Ivanchuk
Lyudmila Gurchenko
Zoya Sherstobitova - predsedatel gorispolkoma
Boris Nevzorov
Sergey
Sergey Nikonenko
Igor Pluzhnikov
Aleksandr Mikhaylov
Aleksey Volokhov
Sergey Chekan
Stroev
Aleksandr Yakovlev
Valet - Vyacheslav Naryzhnyy
Andrei Gusev
Sharaban
Ekaterina Zhemchuzhnaya
Gadalka
Sergey Grekov
Agapov
Nina Kobelyatskaya
Povarikha
Vladislav Kovalkov
Belov
Vadim Zakharchenko
Titov
Viktor Neznanov
YUriy Petrovich
Arkadiy Vayner
Oshchurkov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released as the USSR collapsed, it captures the specific Soviet anxiety that official channels were useless and every solution required shadow deals.
Gurchenko, a beloved musical star, demanded this dramatic role; audiences were reportedly furious at her suffering on screen.
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