Based on the book by Emmanuel Carrere, a screenplay about Eduard Limonov, a radical Soviet poet who became a thug in New York, a sensation in France and a political anti-hero in Russia. A rock'n'roll adventure that takes the viewer through Moscow, New York and Paris, and to the prisons of Siberia.

The film stars Ben Whishaw ("Paddington", "SkyFall", "The Lobster", "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer") and Viktoria Miroshnichenko ("Beanpole").

The film premiered in spring in the main competition program of the Cannes Film Festival.