Acting
Makovetskiy's Duska is agonizingly real—every awkward silence lands.
Direction
Stelling stretches discomfort into genuine tragicomedy.
Director
Jos Stelling
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Duska was a Russian projectionist Stelling met at a festival who actually stalked him for years.
Stelling deliberately cast Makovetskiy after seeing him as the father in The Burnt by the Sun—his capacity for passive suffering was essential.
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