Me Too

Me Too (Я тоже хочу, 2012) — watch online on iFILM. The final film from Russian director Alexei Balabanov, completed before his death in 2013. Five strangers share a black SUV on an empty highway between St. Petersburg and the town of Uglich: a Bandit, his friend Matvei, Matvei's elderly father, a Musician, and a young woman.

Their destination is the Belfry of Happiness — somewhere near a decommissioned nuclear plant, according to rumor. The belfry takes people. But not everyone. Each of the five is certain they will be chosen. Balabanov himself appears in a small role; the director quietly placed himself inside his own farewell.

A road movie about death and desire, stripped of false comfort and shot in the bleak Russian winter. Balabanov asks a direct question — what does a person believe happiness is, and do they deserve it — and gives no reassuring answer. Stream Me Too online on iFILM.