Octopus

Arkady is an ordinary guy, living in the shadow of his own disappointments, hiding behind beer, TV and his favorite game of tanks. And in the opinion of absolutely everyone, even his closest friends, he is a model skuf. But everything changes when he finds out that his own daughter did not invite him to her own wedding. Realizing that this is due to both their complicated relationship in the past and his current lifestyle, he decides to make radical changes. In order to deserve an invitation and personally lead his daughter to the altar, he will have to transform not only externally, but also internally.

Theater Institute. Author of the docudrama “rudolf nureyev. island of his dreams” (2017), which won the grand prix of the “window to europe” festival and the special prize of the russian guild of film critics. director and scpiptwriter of “turbulence zone” (2009), “mamai’s burial mound. memories of generations” (2014, doc.), “the name of rokossovsky” (2015, doc.), “just sergey” (2018, doc.), “vera” (2022, doc.), “legendary cinemas of the world. house of cinema” (2024, doc.).

A couple on the brink of divorce receives a magic bottle that grants wishes, turning their lives upside down.

Andrey cannot accept the death of his mother, for which he blames his stepfather Benjamin. Andrey has clinical depression, but he does not want to help himself in any way.