During the next duty, patrolman Vera Sedova single-handedly prevents a tragedy at the college, but a student dies in the process. She claims that the guy had a sawed-off gun, however, no weapons were found. The policewoman is cursed by her parents and the public. The only one who becomes humanly sorry for Vera is the appointed lawyer Ilya Nesterov. Ilya is more and more immersed in the case and is convinced that his client may be right.
Acting
Käro's simmering lawyer who can't stop caring
Writing
Evidence that vanishes, leaving only doubt

Director
Anna Kurbatova
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Post-Soviet Russian cinema loves corrupt-system procedurals; this one's unusually intimate, almost chamber-drama small.