Portrait of a stranger

Director: S. Osipyan
Year of release: 2021.
Genre: drama

Moscow, 1976. Oleg is almost forty. He is an actor with a charming smile, a tired look and a juicy voice. His artistic life is unsuccessful, he is not particularly in demand either in theater or in cinema. Oleg has to work at a radio station, where he plays a Soviet spy in an endless radio series. His character lives undercover in the United States, pretending to be an oil tycoon. This role is Oleg’s only paid job. On the day when the show is closed by the head of the radio station, Oleg’s wife leaves him. These two ordinary events lead to a chain of unexpected turns. Oleg meets a playwright, who persuades him to continue writing his play, starts an affair with the playwright’s girlfriend and gets the main role in a movie. Oleg gains and loses everything in the blink of an eye, becoming a state enemy