Vladislav Pilnikov

Two detectives conduct an investigation into daughter kidnapping of an influential businessman. Criminals want no less than a million dollars. The search is complicated by the complete absence of any evidence. But the one who are they looking for is always close ..

Gorky's play raises themes of the Russian intelligentsia's struggles and search for the meaning of life. The characters argue a lot, quarrel, tease each other, trying to change, if not their lives, then at least their outlook on it.

Obsédé par des idées de mort et désireux de s'en défaire, Prokhorov part en voyage, sans destination précise et sans bagage.