The Major

Aug 8 2013 N/A 1h 39m
Action, Crime, Drama

On a cold winter’s day Sergey Sobolev, a major at the local police office, is driving to the hospital where his wife is about to give birth to their child. High from happiness, he’s driving too fast and runs down a boy on a passage walk, who dies. Now the major has only two options: go to prison or conceal the crime. Sobolev decides to compromise with his conscience and calls on a colleague to help him out. But the case turns out to be messy and when Sobolev finally changes his mind and tries to make up for his deed, it’s already too late…

Plot

That day Sergey Sobolev, police officer, is driving to the hospital where his wife is about to give birth to their child. High from happiness, he's driving too fast and when he sees a boy on a passage walk, it's too late. The boy died, and now the major has only two options: go to prison or conceal his crime and stay free. All the characters in this film have to choose - to cross or not to cross the line, when the price for your choice is life... yours and of the ones you love.

Written by

Yuriy Bykov

Directed by

Yuriy Bykov

Cast

Denis Shvedov, Irina Nizina, Ilya Isaev

Crew

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Production Countries

Russia

Production Companies

Rockfilm

Languages

Awards

9 wins & 9 nominations total

Trailers
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Scores
# of Votes
5,031
Average Rating
7.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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