Kostya and his friends are young and love playing street football. Kostya dreams of playing professionally, but cannot bring himself to approach the coach. His girlfriend, Nastya, shares his dream, but street football is Kostya’s life, and the outdoor pitch is akin to a second home, a place for friends to meet and play.
Acting
Romanovich's wordless panic before approaching the coach
Cinematography
Moscow streets shot like actual cathedrals of concrete
Direction
Bordukov lets silences scream louder than dialogue
Director
Eduard Bordukov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Street football (korobka) culture in post-Soviet Russia is massive yet rarely depicted with this much tenderness — most films go either full gritty poverty-porn or Disney-fied triumph.
Director Bordukov cast actual street football players; the casual choreography of games wasn't rehearsed, which explains why the matches feel alive while the 'plot' moments sometimes stall.
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