Gena tried all his life to be the support of the family. For this, he even abandoned his stormy youth and dreams of becoming a KVN star. And when, 25 years later, his wife called him boring and offered to divorce, Gena decides to make up for lost time - fill his life with adventure and go to the KVN festival in Sochi. And a new acquaintance pushes him to this journey - a beautiful girl of very easy virtue. She is sure that the talented Gena will quickly become a star of humor with her help. If it doesn't disappear even faster, along with a decent amount from Genya's card.
Acting
Robak commits fully to Gena's pathetic grandeur — physically painful, weirdly sympathetic.
Writing
Dialogue captures that specific Russian male desperation — comedy as coping mechanism.
Director
Ivan Kulnev
Aleksandr Robak
Gena Okrugin
Agata Mutsenietse
Milana
Daria Zateeva
Ksyusha
Anna Nevskaya
Natasha
Andrey Borisov
Nikolay Suslov
Andrey Fedortsov
Gena’s friend
Sergei Annenkov
Gena (young)
Irina Bezryadnova
Zhanna
Tatyana Struzhenkova
Natasha (young)
Darya Belousova
Tour Guide
Mikhail Mukhin
Police Captain
Vladimir Gartsunov
KVN member
Evgeniy Mikheev
Sasha
Albina Tikhanova
Baba Nina
Aleksandr Mironov
Trucker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
KVN (Club of the Funny and Inventive) was massive Soviet/Russian TV — Gena's dream is like wanting to be a 1970s game show host in 2021. The film satirizes how Russian masculinity clings to obsolete glory.
Director Ivan Kulnev reportedly cast Robak after seeing his similar desperation in real life — method casting or cruel observation? The film's 4.4 rating suggests audiences found Gena too real to laugh at.
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