Prostye vešči
Simple Things
Directed by
2006
Anaesthetist Sergej Maslov is badly paid. He shares a flat with a Georgian driver and an old woman. His daughter has run away from home. For these and other reasons, he welcomes a job looking after an aging actor. But his problems don’t just disappear, they get worse; yet life goes on and there’s no opportunity in it for renunciation or deception... (Festival information)
"Simple Things" is set against a backdrop of contemporary Russia, about a man’s struggle to choose between what is right and what is convenient. Living through the conflicts, temptations, difficulties and blunders within his family and professional life, he finally makes a decision.