(Sergei), Evgenia Konushkina (Tatyana), Igor Ogurtsov (Sasha), Vasiliy Michkiv (Lawyer). (Note: this review has been cross-posted on Twitch .) Acclaimed Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev ( The Return , The Banishment ) taps into the rich tradition of film noir, as well as the influence and cultural echoes of such diverse Russian forebears