• Archive - Festival 33
  • Director: Boris Khlebnikov
  • Russia, Finland, Germany 2017
  • 116 minutes
  • Russian
  • Subtitles in Hebrew

Oleg is a paramedic working with an ambulance crew, his wife Katya is a nurse at the ER dept. They share a small apartment and a circle of friends who come round often to get drunk. Katya has been putting up with Oleg’s drunkenness for some time but now she’s had enough. She asks for a divorce.

Boris Khlebinov's compelling drama, with its engaging performances and light touch, won the Best Actor Award at the Karlovy Vary Festival.

Filmography: A Long and Happy Life (2013), Help Gone Mad (2009), Free Floating (2006), Roads to Koktebel (2003).


  • Director Boris Khlebnikov
  • Production Ruben Dishdishyan, Sergey Selyanov, Natalia Drozd, Aleksi Hyvärinen, Toni Valla, Eva Blondiau
  • Script Boris Khlebnikov, Natalia Meshchaninova
  • Cinematography Alisher Khamidkhodzhaev
  • Editing .: Ivan Lebedev, Yulia Batalova
  • Festivals Karlovy Vary 2017 (Best Actor Award), Kinotavr (Grand Prix, Best Actor), Toronto
  • Actors Alexander Yatsenko, Irina Gorbacheva
  • Source Indie Sales, Paris