The lecture will analyze a character who does not accept the ready-made rules of any system, and will explore how the film addresses societal pressure, self-determination, and inner freedom - themes that still resonate sharply decades later. At the center of this meeting is a film about a young man who enters adulthood at a time when familiar orientations are no longer working, and new ones have yet to form. Through his behavior, irony, and clashes with those around him, one can see the anxiety of a generation caught between two value systems. The film will be examined in the lecture from both artistic and ideological perspectives. An important theme will be the hero's position between the socialist and capitalist poles. He is not ready to fully accept either of the proposed options and constantly confronts others' notions of the right life, success, work, and the future. We know what to watch in St. Petersburg.