Kind and lazy Jenya comes to Moscow from a small village in Belarus to find work. An incident unexpectedly separates him from his companions leaving him alone without money and documents. He has no friends or relatives in this big and hostile city and is about to end up homeless. But suddenly a miracle happens: a strange old man takes the homeless Jenya to his flat and lets him stay with him. Soon Jenya is invited to join a peculiar fight in which the old man is engaged: a fight against the evil that spoils life in Moscow. The old man’s daughter reveals him the horrible truth about her father.
Sumashedshaya pomoch
Boris Khlebnikov
IndieLisboa 2009 • International Competition
Russia, Fiction, 2009, 118′