A Portrait of a Stranger


A Portrait of a Stranger is a 2021 Russian drama film directed by Sergey Osipyan. It is scheduled to be theatrically released on January 1, 2022.

Plot

The film is set in Moscow in 1974. At its center is Oleg, a weary-looking but charming actor with a deep voice, who works in radio. His last source of income—a radio play in which he portrays a Soviet spy—is suddenly canceled, and his wife kicks him out of the house. These setbacks, along with an encounter with Nikolaev, a celebrated writer and living classic, draw Oleg into a whirlwind of surreal events.

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