Alyona Babenko

Aleksey Temnikov is a renowned ballet dancer, and an acknowledged genius whose career was cut abruptly short after sustaining an injury back in the '90s. Twenty years later, Aleksey discovers that his condition is degenerative, and that he will soon lose the ability to walk. For him, this means only one thing - death. Before this happens, Aleksey sets out to choreograph a ballet.

'Moscow Never Sleeps' is a multi-narrative drama which captures the kinetic energy of the Russian capital in a provocative statement on Putin's Russia. The film dives headlong into the volatile intersections of contemporary Moscow and the intimate lives of five people who over the course of one day, have their lives changed forever.

An imaginative girl fantasizes about the vivid adventures her parents may have taken in a dangerous journey throughout a fictionalized Russia.