Trailer+1 trailer
Summary
While vacationing in the countryside at his childhood home, a woman suddenly reveals to her husband that she is expecting a child – but not his.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want fast pacing
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+10)
Critics 62Audiences 72GoodWatch 67
Tomatometer65%
Metascore59
Letterboxd · 9 K ratings3.9/5
IMDb7.5
Audience score73%
User score6.1
Running time
2 h 38 min
Longer than 9 in 10 dramas, +49 min on the typical 109
typical 109158Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 10 countries, rent or buy in 5 more
Released
2008
March 27, 2008
18 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Russian
Original language
Made in
- Russia
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesIntense
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 10 more17 people
- Konstantin LavronenkoAlex
- Aleksandr BaluevMark
- Maria BonnevieVera
- Dmitri UlyanovRobert
- Vitaly KishchenkoGerman
- Maksim ShibayevKir
- Aleksey VertkovMax
- Igor SergeevViktor
- YKYekaterina KulkinaEva
- IGIra GontoLiza
- SKSvetlana KashelkinaFaina
Yaroslava NikolaevaFrida- EDElizabet DantsingerFlora
Olga LapshinaPeasant Woman
Anatoly GorgulGeorgy
Igor OgurtsovYoung Igor
Elena LyadovaVera, voice acting
Directing · 1
- Andrey Zvyagintsev Director
Writing · 3
- Oleg Negin Screenplay
- Artyom Melkumyan Screenplay
- William Saroyan Novel
Production · 2
- Yelena Loginova Executive Producer
- Dmitriy Lesnevskiy Producer
Camera · 3
- Mikhail Krichman Director of Photography
- Vladimir Mishukov Additional Photography
- Eugeny Mayorov Additional Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Anna Mass Editor
Sound · 3
- Andrey Dergachev Sound Director, Original Music Composer
- Arvo Pärt Music
- Alexander Volodin Boom Operator
Art · 1
- Andrey Ponkratov Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Anna Bartuli Costume Design
- Galya Ponomaryova Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 1
- Dmitriy Tokoyakov VFX Supervisor
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