28 minutes. One man. A Soviet weapon deal that becomes a love letter to escape.
Silent serious people buy weapons. They are taking him by a caravan of trucks through Moscow. One of them changes into new clothes and leaves the others for his beloved girlfriend, who lives in the capital.
Direction
Lutsik/Samoryadov's wordless tension building is masterclass.
Cinematography
Moscow's gray industrial sprawl becomes a character itself.
Director
Pyotr Lutsik
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during perestroika's final gasp, it captures a crumbling USSR where black market desperation meets romantic fatalism.
Directors Lutsik and Samoryadov later made 'The Wild East' (1993), expanding this short's themes into a full feature.
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