

«The Return of the Prodigal Son» is the first volume from the film (novel) of Anatoli Vassiliev’s «Empire» inside the Dau cycle. The story is about inner kinship, which is much closer than blood, about inevitable betrayal, about almost fatherly love and forgiveness. Cigarettes (papirossa), images from «Faust» and «Don Juan», walks in the Soviet Park of culture... And a terrible, narrow gap inside the brutal regime where you have to be skilled enough to survive... Yes! and they also play gorodki (skittles) with childish passion!
Director
Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Anatoly Vasiliev
Writers
Anatoly Vasiliev, Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Release Date
May 4, 2020
Runtime
2h 12m
Status
Released
Original Language
ru
Vote Count
8
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