What would YOU choose? Your life or your child's? No pressure, you've got 24 hours.
When a 7-year-old son of the well-known businessman is kidnapped, he has no idea what awaits him! It turns out that the mysterious kidnapper does not need any ransom, but has only one claim: during the next day father must decide who will die of the two: his child or himself...
Acting
Svetlakov's unraveling—famous comedian plays broken father with zero jokes.
Writing
The premise is the star: cruel, simple, impossible to look away from.
Director
Vyacheslav Kaminsky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sergey Svetlakov was Russia's biggest comedy star when he took this role; audiences were genuinely angry he wasn't funny.
Released during Russia's indie thriller boom, it flopped commercially but became a cult 'have you seen this' recommendation among genre fans.
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