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The documentary follows the life of Farroukh, a young Tajik immigrant who lives in Moscow outskirts with his family and does odd jobs in dreams of becoming an actor.
Direction
Shabaev's patient observation builds crushing empathy.
Cinematography
Moscow's gray sprawl becomes a character itself.

Director
Denis Shabaev
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