The Millionare

The Millionaire (Millioner, 2012) is a Russian melodrama you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Sergey Chekalov, it stars Andrey Kuzichev as Kirill Makarov.

Fresh out of architecture school, Kirill has his whole life ahead of him — and a fiancée, Victoria, whose father is rich and well-connected. The catch: Kirill flatly refuses to trade on his future father-in-law's pull. The longer it goes, the clearer it becomes that he and Victoria want different things from life. The day he calls off the engagement, he meets Lena, a trainee teacher. Ten years later, he's married to her with two kids.

From there the film tests an old what-if — how his life might have looked had he picked money over love. It's a quiet domestic drama about the price of holding to your principles, with no melodramatic fireworks, just a 100-minute character piece. An easy pick for a calm evening if you like Russian romance built around a hard choice. Stream The Millionaire online on iFILM.