Yulia Peresild gets wasted on moonshine and wakes up in a time loop. Russian cinema is unhinged.
Yulia Peresild desperately wants to play in a comedy and prove that she is funny. But after losing a role in a card game, she drowns her disappointment in suspicious-looking moonshine, which sends her into a time loop. Finding herself in "Groundhog Day", Yulia tries again and again to prove that she is not only a good person, but also, most importantly, a funny actress.
Acting
Peresild's committed self-satire
Writing
Meta-commentary on her actual career
Director
Artur Tsilenko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Peresild is Russia's first actress in space—literally flew to ISS in 2021—making her obsession with 'serious' vs 'funny' roles oddly poignant.
The 10-minute runtime isn't laziness; it's the perfect loop length. Any longer and the joke would curdle.
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