A shell-shocked Afghanistan war hero named Ivan Skryabin (Mikhail Skryabin) spends his days stoking the fire in a giant coal furnace. When he isn’t tending the flames, he keeps busy with other activities. He works on a historical novel. His adult daughter Sasha (Aida Tumutova) comes to visit. Local kids come to gaze at the flames. Gangsters, including a former Army sergeant (Aleksandr Mosin) and a sniper known as Bison (Yuri Matveyev), drop by to add special kindling to the fire.
Aleksey Balabanov | Director |
Aleksey Balabanov | Writer |
Tatyana Kuzmichyova | Editor |
Sergei Selyanov | Producer |
Irina Pavlova | Producer |
Aleksandr Simonov | Director of Photography |
DiDuLa | Music |
Nadezhda Vasileva | Costume Design |
Natalya Krymskaya | Makeup Designer |
Maksim Belovolov | Sound Director |