In this farcical dark comedy/melodrama, Lena manages to lose her place at college by virtue of throwing a minor hissy-fit when she catches her erstwhile boyfriend in bed with another girl. Instead of penalizing the boy for his behavior, Lena gets stuck with a court appearance and must pay a small fine, in addition to losing a boyfriend, her college career, and an apartment. Lena belongs to a film club which occasionally hands out awards, and the membership of it decides to send her into the Russian hinterlands to hand out an award to an obscure filmmaker. Throughout the film, Lena has been associated with a bizarre con man named Stepanych who, when his cons fall through, comes to her in the distant town she has gone to seeking her help in committing suicide.
Алексей Жарков
as Stepanych
Наталья Негода
as Lena Fomkina
Александр Миронов
as Kondakov
Анастасия Вертинская
as Dunya Fomkina, Lena's mother
Александр Леньков
as Igor Ivanovich, Lena's father
Андрей Соколов
as Boris
Anna Tikhonova
as Zhanna Frolova
Grigori Manukov
as Oleg Strelnikov
Вацлав Дворжецкий
as Fyodor Strelnikov
Игорь Золотовицкий
as Aleksandr Gubanishchev
Александр Негреба
as Pyotr Zaramushkin
Эрик Арзуманян
as Ashot Aramovich
