Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Language
- Russian
- Country
- Russia
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In Russian — subtitles on.
The story
Danila goes to his successful brother, Victor, in Petersburg to start a new life. Unknown to Danila, Victor is a contract killer, but is in hiding after asking for too much money to assassinate a Chechen mob boss. To avoid exposure, Victor convinces Danila to kill the boss instead.
- gangster
- grim
- depressing
- bitter
- apathetic
- harsh
- straightforward
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Sergei Bodrov Jr.
Danila Bagrov
Viktor Sukhorukov
Viktor Bagrov
Yuriy Kuznetsov
"German" Hoffman
Svetlana Pismichenko
Sveta
- Mariya Zhukova — Kat
- Sergey Murzin — "Krugli"
- Irina Rakshina — Zinka
- Igor Shibanov — Policeman
- Andrey Fedortsov — Stepan
- Vladimir Ermilov — Pavel Evgrafovich
- Anatoliy Gorin — Svetlana's Neighbor
- Andrey Krasko — Apartment Owner
- Vitaliy Matveyev — Double-Barrel Gun Owner
- Denis Kirillov — Market Bandit
- Anatoli Zhuravlyov — Nervous Bandit
- Directed
- Aleksei Balabanov
- Written
- Aleksei Balabanov
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 475 ratings
- Studio
- CTB Film Company, Gorky Film Studios, Roskomkino
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
