The Stoker
Kochegar
2010, Film, 87 min, Crime, Drama, Russian, Russia, MoviePedia score 64
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.
Directed by Aleksey Balabanov
Cast
- Mikhail Skryabin as Kochegar
- Yuriy Matveev as Vassily 'Bizon' - lover of Sasha and Masha
- Aleksandr Mosin as Sergeant - father of Masha
- Aida Tumutova as Sasha - daughter of Ivan Skryabin
- Anna Korotayeva as Masha - daughter of Sergeant
- Varvara Belokurova as Vera - Daughter of Colonel Minayev
- Roman Burenkov as Gosha
- Filipp Dyachkov as Yasha
- Aleksandr Garkushenko as Kostya
- Kirill Komlev as Bartender
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