Who If Not Us

Who If Not Us (Кто, если не мы) is a Russian drama film by actor and director Valeriy Priyomykhov.

Filming began in 1993, but due to lack of funding the film didn't appear on the screen for 5 years.

Plot
Dreaming to get rich, teenagers Snakes and Tolya plunder the city's department store and as a result one find themselves in a colony, another in a lycee, which differs little from a colony. Having learned truly what solitude is, Snake accidentally gets acquainted with Gennady, an old man just like him, alone and difficult, dismissed from the police.

Cast

 * Yevgeny Krainov as Snakes
 * Artur Smolyaninov as Tolya
 * Valeriy Priyomykhov as Gennady Samokhin
 * Lyanka Gryu as Irochka
 * Tatyana Dogileva as head of  parent committee
 * Albert Filozov as class teacher Anatoly Ignatievich
 * Yekaterina Vasilyeva as mother at the parents' meeting
 * Aleksei Panin as policeman
 * Nikolai Chindyajkin as colony supervisor
 * Ivan Okhlobystin as pathologist
 * Nadezhda Markina as Tolya's mother
 * Oleg Marusev as head teacher
 * Tatyana Kravchenko as Samokhin's girlfriend

Awards and nominations

 * Taormina Film Fest: Special Jury Prize 	(Valeriy Priyomykhov) — win
 * Kinotavr: Full-Length Film — nom; Prize of  Presidential Council   (Valeriy Priemykhov)
 * Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival: Starboy Award	(Valeriy Priyomykhov) —  nom
 * Nika Award: Best Screenplay (Valeriy Priyomykhov) — win; Best Director (Valeriy Priyomykhov), Best Actor (Valeriy Priyomykhov)  —  nom
 * Artek Film Festival: Young Artist Awards (Artur Smolyaninov) — win