Based on Russian author Vsevolod Garshin's short story 'Proisshestvie (An Incident)' (1878), this is an ironic tale of love, hope, and redemption. Ivan Nikitin (Grigoriy Antipenko) is a successful, young executive. Ambitious and driven, he is totally obsessed with his career, with money, and with his reputation. Love, to him, does not exist. By chance he meets Nadezhda (Natalya Ivanova-Fenkina), a prostitute. Stunningly beautiful, despite her addiction to drugs and alcohol, Nadezhda long ago ...[Read Story ]
The original French version of the film was shot and released in ArriVision 3-D, but new scenes were shot for the US version in StereoVision 3-D and composited into the American print.