Like many film noir classics, this down-and-dirty Russian drama takes place in a closed system that traps both victim and victimizer.
Overview
On a cold winter’s day Sergey Sobolev, a major at the local police office, is driving to the hospital where his wife is about to give birth to their child. High from happiness, he’s driving too fast and runs down a boy on a passage walk, who dies. Now the major has only two options: go to prison or conceal the crime. Sobolev decides to compromise with his conscience and calls on a colleague to help him out. But the case turns out to be messy and when Sobolev finally changes his mind and tries to make up for his deed, it’s already too late…
Director and cast
- Yury Bykov Director
- Denis Shvedov as Sergey Sobolev
- Irina Nizina as Irina Gutorova
- Ilya Isaev as Anatoly Merkulov
- Yury Bykov as Pavel Kroshunov - Pasha
- Boris Nevzorov as Aleksey Pavlovich Pankratov
- Kirill Poluhin as Burlakov
- Dmitriy Kulichkov as Gutorov
- Dmitry Kuryanov Cast
- Vladislav Toldykov as truck's driver
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