Top Cast
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Ivan Zabelin
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Darya Pugacheva
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Pyotr Rykov
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Lukerya Ilyashenko
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Valeriya Kozhevnikova
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Svetlana Stepankovskaya
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Oleg Grisevich
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Vilen Babichev
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Igor Maslov
Overview
Contemporary Moscow. After his girlfriend leaves him, a writer dives into a cinematographic world of fantasy.
Rating
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