A love triangle on a Soviet boat where everyone's drowning in something deeper than water.
In the cramped cockpit of the boat, of which Ivan Burlakov has long been the captain and where Elenka, not jokingly called his wife, works as a sailor, a new employee appears - the captain's assistant Sergei. Outwardly energetic and open, he quickly achieves Elenka’s love. And just as quickly - Ivan’s dismissal.
Acting
Velyaminov's silent breakdowns hit harder than any dialogue.
Direction
Osepyan turns a tiny boat into an entire world closing in.
Director
Mark Osepyan
Pyotr Velyaminov
Иван Бурлаков
Yevgeni Lebedev
Игнат Григорьевич
Valentina Talyzina
Еленка
Antonina Bogdanova
Авдотья Кузьминична (жена Игната)
Afanasi Kochetkov
Николай Николаевич (начальник отдела кадров)
Igor Pushkaryov
Вася
Vladlen Paulus
Михалыч
Vera Ivleva
Лидуха (жена Васи)
Nadezhda Sementsova
Прасковья Никифорова
Boris Gitin
знакомый Прасолова
Sergei Plotnikov
Варгантий
Stepan Krylov
Yuri Orlov
Сергей Павлович Прасолов
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film captures a specific 1970s Soviet phenomenon: the 'stagnation' era's quiet economic violence against older workers.
The entire film was shot on an actual working vessel in the Moscow River; the cramped authentic setting wasn't built for cameras.
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