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.

• DirectorAleksey Balabanov
• Release13 October 2010
• Genre
  Drama / Crime
• Duration1h 23m
• Budget?
• Revenue$183,640
• Rate
  

  6.2
  63 reviews
• Productions

  CTB Film Company