“Work on this documentary began two years before the death of Alexei Balabanov as a chronicle of the production of his film «Me Too» (2012). Balabanov was not a public figure, he did not like to give interviews, did not allow intruders into personal space, and many today will be surprised by the distance from which the shooting was made — it is too close.
However, work on this film was carried out with the permission and direct participation of the main character. Filming continued after his death — even when the Bell Tower collapsed, which did not take the hero of his last film to Happiness. Almost ten years after Balabanov's death, this film is a tragic testament to the life and passing of an uncompromising author, a filmmaker who remains central to modern Russia today.”