在这部伊万诺夫剧情片中,A new interpretation of Chekhov's play, which was written by him on the order of entrepreneur Fyodor Korsh – on November 19, 1887, its premiere took place in the very historical building where the Theater of Nations is located today.
A successful top manager of an investment company, Ivanov, is fleeing the harassment of security officials from Moscow to Kiev, a city without rules, and is trying to find a place for himself there. He discovers the opportunity for easy money, as everything around can be stolen. In Kiev, Ivanov, with his friend and business partner Spitsin, goes to night clubs, visits the gallery of modern art and prepares a deal to buy shipwrecks from a local scam. \"Ivanov\", shot in Kiev before the Maidan, is based on real events, it is a strange and bewitching tragicomedy about corruption, infidelity and loneliness.
