The actors of Saint Petersburg theatre "Bitkom" were given a camera and one simple task: documenting their surroundings. How does an actor live? Who are they, people capable of controlling viewer’s emotions from a stage? And, if for a viewer, theatre begins with a coat hanger, where does it begin and where does it end for an actor?
The film characters are trying to formulate answers to seemingly simple questions. Attempting to take a look inside themselves, they raise the curtain in front of an audience, allowing a look at what is usually hidden from view. Rehearsals, corporate parties and concerts, movie shoots and music videos, families, children, common everyday joys and sorrows. They’re ordinary people, and yet, so unlike most of us: do they act in their everyday life, or do they live on stage?
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