Life Ahead
2017 film by Karen Oganesyan
Life Ahead (Russian: «Жизнь впереди») is a 2017 Russian comedy film directed by Karen Oganesyan. The story follows a group of former classmates of 11 “B” who reunite 15 years after graduation at the funeral of one of their peers. The film stars Egor Koreshkov, Olga Medynich, Pavel Priluchny, Denis Shvedov, Artur Smolyaninov, Yulia Alexandrova, Valeria Kozhevnikova, Maksim Vitorgan, Aleksandr Pal and Svetlana Khodchenkova.
The film premiered in Russia on 5 October 2017.
Plot
Class 11 “B” reunites in Yaroslavl for the first time in 15 years at the funeral of their former classmate. For them, the gathering becomes a chance to briefly return to the past.
During the memorial, secrets about the classmates’ lives are revealed. Lyudmila, who moved to Europe, turns out to be a stripper, while Galina, a once-promising student who moved to Moscow, is unhappy in her personal life and dreams of having a child. Her friend Alla, the mother of several children, offers Galina her own husband Vladimir as a sperm donor.
Mikhail, a wealthy "major", arrives with a Black prostitute and begins behaving erratically after getting drunk.
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