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20196.42h 12m

Overview

Ilya Goryunov has spent seven years in prison on false charges of drug trafficking. When Ilya is free he realizes that the old life that he yearned for is no more. Although he did not intend to take revenge on the man who sent him to prison, now there is no other way out.

Directed by Klim Shipenko
Written by Dmitry Glukhovsky
Produced by Alexey Trotsyuk, Denis Zhalinsky, Eduard Iloyan
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Top Cast

Alexander Petrov

Alexander Petrov

Ilya Goryunov

Kristina Asmus

Kristina Asmus

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Ivan Yankovsky

Ivan Yankovsky

Pyotr Khazin

Sofya Ozerova

Sofya Ozerova

Vera

Maksim Vinogradov

Maksim Vinogradov

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Elena Finogeeva

Elena Finogeeva

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Kirill Nagiev

Kirill Nagiev

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Vladimir Kapustin

Vladimir Kapustin

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Sonya Karpunina

Sonya Karpunina

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Vitaliy Khaev

Vitaliy Khaev

Denis Sergeyevich

About Text

Text is a drama, thriller film released in 2019. Directed by Klim Shipenko, it stars Alexander Petrov, Kristina Asmus, Ivan Yankovsky. Ilya Goryunov has spent seven years in prison on false charges of drug trafficking. When Ilya is free he realizes that the old life that he yearned for is no more. Although he did not intend to take revenge on the man who sent him to prison, now there is no other way out.

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