Sergey Pokhodaev

In a coastal town on the Barents Sea, a hot-tempered mechanic fights to save his ancestral home from a corrupt mayor’s land grab. Seeking legal aid from an old friend, he instead triggers a tragic sequence of betrayal and bureaucratic oppression. This bleak drama serves as a powerful modern retelling of the Book of Job, exploring the crushing weight of institutional power over the individual.

Varya, a young orphan girl in Kaliningrad, is desperate to impress her friends and so claims to be the daughter of Russian president Dmitry Medvedev. When they demand proof, her friend Vova helps her out by invoking the theory of "six degrees of separation".