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Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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Yuriy Chursin | ... | Valya |
Vitaliy Khaev | ... | Captain | |
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Marat Basharov | ... | Karas' |
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Olga Demidova | ... | Woman cafe worker |
Marina Golub | ... | Valya's mother | |
Anna Mikhalkova | ... | Lyuda | |
Fyodor Dobronravov | ... | Valya's father / Uncle Petia | |
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Andrey Fomin | ... | Sysoev |
Elena Morozova | ... | Olya | |
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Natalya Mokritskaya | ... | Woman working in swimming pool |
Igor Gasparyan | ... | Zakirov | |
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Maksim Konovalov | ... | Verkhushkin |
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Aleksey Marchenko | ... | Manager of Japanese restaurant |
Liya Akhedzhakova | ... | Waitress in Japanese restaurant | |
Aleksandr Ilin | ... | Seva |
PLAYING THE VICTIM is a dark comedy made as a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Valya, a young student is earning money by representing victims of the crimes during various police investigation. After the criminal has been seized a special group headed by a police captain has to reconstruct the crime scene. The process itself is quite comic and senseless: the criminals are defined already, and everyone knows, that they will be prosecuted. However the regulations still require a special team to imitate the crime once again in the same surroundings. The criminal should fictionally kill the victim (represented by Valya) one more time to confirm their guilt. Valya is drowning in his absurd life going from one terrible crime scene to another. Suddenly he has a vision: his deceased father comes to him in his sleep and tells the scary truth- he was poisoned by his own wife and her lover, who is now Valya's uncle... After this, the whole system of values of Valya's world ... Written by Anonymous
"Playing the victim" by Kirill Serebrennikov - the best Russian comedy 00s. The story of a student who works part time in the police, portraying the victims of various crimes. Against the background of all the other characters in the film, including police officers, and murderers, and even their victims, the student's character remains the most worthy, normal, and at the same time, not quite fit into this crazy world around. A separate respect for the outstanding actress Leah Akhedzhakova, who played a small role in the film.