Liar

One lie, and a dull life suddenly becomes a headline. Liar (2024) is a Russian tragicomedy you can watch online on iFILM. Seventeen-year-old Eva is suffocating from boredom and the sense that nobody sees her, until a summer job at a café drops her into a story that flips everything.

An unexpected moment pushes Eva into a fabrication: she accuses a famous singer of harassment. Overnight, a nobody becomes a national heroine — "the girl who wasn't afraid to tell the truth." Except there's no truth in it, and the avalanche of attention, sympathy and hatred grows faster than she can keep up with.

Directed by Yulia Trofimova, the film stars Elizaveta Ishchenko, with Arseny Veys and Stanislav Starovoytov beside her. It's a sharp look at the price of fame and the way social media turns someone's pain into content. Rated 16+. A good watch for anyone who likes a comedy that quietly slides into uncomfortable drama. Stream Liar (2024) online on iFILM.