Summary
Follows the man who survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery, he makes shocking discoveries about the attempt on his life and decides to return home.
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- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+11)
Critics 90Audiences 79GoodWatch 84
Tomatometer98%
Metascore82
Audience score88%
IMDb7.8
Letterboxd · 44 K ratings3.9/5
User score7.1
Running time
1 h 38 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9698Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 66 countries, rent or buy in 7 more
+56Released
2022
April 8, 2022
4 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
RussianGermanFrenchMade in
United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
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 8 more15 people
- Alexei NavalnySelf
- Yulia NavalnayaSelf
- Daria NavalnayaSelf
- ZNZakhar NavalnySelf
- Maria PevchikhSelf
- Christo GrozevSelf
- Leonid VolkovSelf
- Kira YarmyshSelf
- Georgy AlburovSelf
- ABAnna BiryukovaSelf
- FSFidelius SchmidSelf
- TLTim ListerSelf
Clarissa WardSelf
Angela MerkelSelf (archive footage)
Vladimir PutinSelf (archive footage)
Directing · 1
- Daniel Roher Director
Production · 14
- Maria Pevchikh Executive Producer
- Courtney Sexton Executive Producer
- Amy Entelis Executive Producer
- Odessa Rae Producer
- Shane Boris Producer
- Melanie Miller Producer
Camera · 5
- Niki Waltl Director of Photography
- Damien Cooper Camera Operator
- Simon Fraissler Camera Operator
- Nikita Pavlov Additional Photography
- Felix Angermaier Additional Photography
Editing · 5
- Langdon Page Editor
- Maya Daisy Hawke Editor
- Edmund Stenson Associate Editor
- Aleks Gezentsvey Co-Editor
- Eamonn O’Connor Co-Editor
Sound · 7
- Marius de Vries Original Music Composer
- Matt Robertson Original Music Composer
- Marcus Vetter Production Sound Mixer
- Connor Schon Music Programmer
- Pete Horner Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Alyssa Nevarez Sound Effects Editor
Art · 1
- Allison Brownmoore Graphic Designer
Visual Effects · 1
- Jamison Scott Goei Visual Effects Supervisor
Other crew · 1
- Justin Moshkevich Score Engineer
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