Release 10 April
Director Kirill Sokolov
Cast Vitaliy Khaev, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Evgeniya Kregzhde, Mikhail Gorevoy, Elena Shevchenko
Distributor Arrow Films
Certificate 18
“One, two, three, evil won’t touch me.” In the opening scene of Why Don’t You Just Die! (aka Papa, sdokhni, literally Daddy, die), 20-something Matvei (Aleksandr Kuznetsov) chants these words, steeling himself to ring the doorbell of an upper-floor apartment. At this point, Matvei’s own intentions seem a little on the evil side. Maybe it’s his close resemblance to treacherous sociopath Renton from Trainspotting (1996), maybe it’s his Batman T-shirt, suggestive of his outlaw allegiances – but most of all it’s the hammer clenched behind his back that clinches our impression that he is up to no good.
Yet in this rambunctious feature debut from writer/director Kirill Sokolov,…