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How to make a girl fall in love with you using Maslenitsa? That's right - no way. But Ilya and Zakhar will try anyway.

A loose adaptation of Chekhov's "The Man in a Case," where the school is replaced by a frantic TikTok house, and the Greek teacher is replaced by a panicked blogger trying to hide his life from the absurdity around him.

"Closing" is a film almanac made up of nine verses. Instead of a rap beat, there is beer, rain, a beach, a zoo, random conversations, and a city that lives its own life. These are not stories with a beginning and an end, but statements written into the rhythm of the festival, where cinema becomes a way to be together and a way to be alone. Any almanac is a film cypher: everyone goes to the microphone, says their piece, and leaves, leaving room for someone else. "Closing" is exactly that: a collection of voices in which you can hear laughter, fatigue, love, and meaninglessness. This is a film about how cinema closes the day and opens the night.