I have heard before that Bykov's films tend to be depressing and cruel, so I was ready, but it still exceeded my expectations.
The storyline depicts a harsh reality where all authorities are corrupted and rotten and don't care about the danger which their citizens are facing. What strikes me most is that the ordinary people are too wasted and indifferent to all the injustice and corruption around - they only drink and turn a blind eye, or maybe they just act stupid. As a citizen of Russia myself, I found the described reality there quite convincing.
And only one guy was willing to help these hopeless people and was brave enough to change something. Or stupid enough, perhaps that's the word. He didn't realise that those people don't need to be saved or that he might fall victim to his own good will.
I recommend watching it only if you are ready to see a harsh social drama about faults of humanity.
The storyline depicts a harsh reality where all authorities are corrupted and rotten and don't care about the danger which their citizens are facing. What strikes me most is that the ordinary people are too wasted and indifferent to all the injustice and corruption around - they only drink and turn a blind eye, or maybe they just act stupid. As a citizen of Russia myself, I found the described reality there quite convincing.
And only one guy was willing to help these hopeless people and was brave enough to change something. Or stupid enough, perhaps that's the word. He didn't realise that those people don't need to be saved or that he might fall victim to his own good will.
I recommend watching it only if you are ready to see a harsh social drama about faults of humanity.