Happy Days (Schastlivye Dni, 1991, 86 minutes). Dir. Aleksey Balabanov

Film starts at 12:00

Happy Days is a film aligned with the absurd, tragi-comic vision of Samuel Beckett, is set in a spookily empty, dark and deserted St Petersburg. Trams trundle into focus, the doors open, and yet there is no-one inside. Cold buildings crumble around the edges. Here a man known just as 'On', a man without a name, without a past and without a future, wanders the streets, searching. Characters slope in and out, asking favours. All he wants, is a room, where he can finally rest. Is this too much to ask?

Schastlivye Dni film won the Debyut prize in Moscow in 1992.

Aleksey Balabanov (1959–2013) is best known for cult gangster film 'Brother', first released in 1997. This afternoon's screening will focus on a trio of his lesser-known films.

Screening is free, but booking is essential. Email info@pushkinhouse.org.uk to reserve your space.