The latest drama from Andrey Zvyagintsev, the acclaimed director of The Return (Venice Film
Festival Golden Lion winner and Golden Globe nominee). Kolya (Alexeï Serebriakov) lives in a
small fishing town near the stunning Barents Sea in Northern Russia. He owns an auto-repair
shop that stands right next to the house where he lives with his young wife Lilya (Elena
Liadova) and his son Roma (Sergueï Pokhodaev) from a previous marriage.


The town’s corrupt mayor Vadim Shelevyat (Roman Madianov) is determined to take away his
business, his house, as well as his land. First the Mayor tries buying off Kolya, but Kolya
unflinchingly fights as hard as he can so as not to lose everything he owns including the beauty
that has surrounded him from the day he was born. Facing resistance, the mayor becomes
more aggressive.