The Convoy

Following a brawl Captain Ignat who is traumatised by the death of his daughter is ordered together with a regular soldier to find a deserter and bring him back via Moscow to stand before a military court Although they locate the young soldier their journey across the wintry moloch that is Moscow is slow and tortuous Before long the unlikely trio find themselves drawn into a chaotic maelstrom of violence corruption criminality degradation and squalidness In the face of the monstrous malaise and everyday horror of life in Russia the gradual breakdown of the films antihero becomes a metaphor for Russian society