Cast
Darya Zhovner Atrem Cipin Nazir Zhukov Veniamin Kac Anna Levit Olga Dragunova
Credits
Written by: 
Kantemir Balagov Anton Yarush
Produced by: Eduard Pichugin 
Aleksandr Sokurov Nikolay Yankin
Plot
In the 1990s, in the Caucasus city of Nalchik, a young Jewish woman's brother is kidnapped, and her family struggles to raise the ransom, in a tense and tight drama.
Sinekatalog’s take
A tense and strong debut.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (3,504 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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