Gandhi Was Silent on Saturdays

"Gandhi Was Silent on Saturdays" (2025) is a Russian dramedy directed by Yuri Zaytsev — watch it online on iFILM. Mot is sixteen when his father walks out without a word. His response: drag a homeless woman in off the street and announce she lives there now.

His mother doesn't know what to do with that. His father is simply gone. Mot — played by Mark Eidel'shtein — is acting out in the only way that feels like control. Darya Ekamassova and Victoria Tolstoganova play the two very different women who end up shaping what the rest of his year looks like.

The film doesn't tidy things up — it sits with the mess: awkward, sometimes funny, sometimes quietly painful. For anyone drawn to stories about growing up that skip the neat resolution, this one earns its place. Watch "Gandhi Was Silent on Saturdays" (2025) online on iFILM.