A soldier, an officer, and the most chaotic Russian rom-com you'll never forget.
Acting
Urgant's unhinged Zakharov steals every scene.
Direction
Puustusmaa balances farce with genuine ache.
Writing
Dialogue that shouldn't work but absolutely does.
Director
Andres Puustusmaa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ivan Urgant was primarily a TV host when cast; this was his dramatic pivot that confused Russian audiences.
The film satirizes the absurd bureaucracy of post-Soviet military life, a genre nearly unto itself in Eastern European cinema.
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