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2004 · Movie · Not Rated · 126 min · ★ 5.3 · 67% critics
Late one night, three strangers cross paths in an almost empty bar and trade stories that may be part confession, part performance. As their talk drifts from the ordinary to the unsettling, the film follows the ripples of that encounter into a bleak, off-kilter world where truth feels slippery and identity keeps shifting.
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Details
- Years
- 2004
- Release date
- 2005-01-28
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Critic score
- 67/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.3/10 (55 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy challenging, surreal Russian dramas that start with sharp conversation and drift into bleak, unsettling territory; Not for you if you need clear answers, faster pacing, or a comfortable watch like My Joy.
Pros: gripping bar-room mystery; provocative, surreal moments; strong atmosphere | Cons: very slow pacing; plot threads feel unresolved; disturbing, gross scenes
Awards & recognition
- European Film Award — European Discovery of the Year · 2005 · nominated
Cast & crew
- YL
Yuri Laguta
as Oleg
Konstantin Murzenko
as Marat
Sergey Shnurov
as Volodya
- MV
Marina Vovchenko
as Marina
Shavkat Abdusalamov
as slaughterhouse's owner
Anatoli Adoskin
as Oleg's father
- AK
Aleksei Khvostenko
as ageless man
- AK
Andrei Kudriashov
as bartender
- IV
Irina Vovchenko
as Sonya
- SV
Svetlana Vovchenko
as Vera
Directed by Ilya Khrzhanovsky