A dead body, a guilty artist, and pants that hold the truth. Soviet noir gets weird.
A murder has occurred, for which the famous artist Botsanov takes responsibility. However, the matter was not as simple as it might seem at first. The investigation of the crime is entrusted to an experienced investigator.
Acting
Priyomykhov's haunted, hollow-eyed confession that you're never sure to believe.
Direction
Lingering close-ups that turn a simple object into moral weight.
Director
Valeriy Priyomykhov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during perestroika's dying breath, the film channels the era's exhaustion with Soviet systems that no longer functioned but hadn't collapsed yet.
Priyomykhov adapted his own play and reportedly fought censors who objected to the investigator's moral paralysis — audiences read it as commentary on institutional rot.
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