More than a century ago, the story of the “declassed” written by a playwright from the people “shook” Russian theatre. Since then, theatre and cinema around the world have hundreds of times taken up the subject of the completely degraded residents of a night shelter who suddenly find hope again thanks to a passing guest, the vagabond Luka. The heroes of Vladimir Kott’s film live in a real dump; they rummage around digging up valuable metal and objects in mountains of rubbish to sell, they steal, drink and fight each other in a deadly fight…
