The Boy’s Word: Blood on the Asphalt (1000) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1000 · 416 mins · Russian

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Directed by

Zhora Kryzhovnikov

Starring

Ivan Makarevich, Olga Lapshina, Sergey Burunov, Yuliya Aleksandrova, Yuliya Abramova, Nataliya Potapova

During the late‑1980s perestroika, as the Soviet Union teeters on collapse, Moscow’s streets erupt in crime and uncertainty. Andrey, a music‑school student living with his mother and five‑year‑old sister, is repeatedly harassed by teenage delinquents. To survive he befriends Marat, who pulls him into a rival gang. The youths battle for territory, bound by oaths to their “brothers,” confronting violence and the fear of adult authority in a rapidly changing world.