one of provocative films. not itself but for the expectations of the public. because it is not an homage and nor a critic. it is only a honest portrait of an East European leader, influential, obscure, strange and ambiguous for a large part of audience. his words, his decisions, his memories, his hobbies, his Russia. and the relation with the power, the influence of political traditions, the political regime, who is far to be classical democracy but, in same measure, it is not exactly the expected dictatorship. a film who, like many interviews, looking for truth. with a result who only the viewer can define. because , like each leader of Russia, from XVII century to present, the ruler is Russia. Putin is not an exception. and this fact is the basic message of the film.