Exposition:
Dimitri Smirnoff is a 22 year old Russian boy. He has recently returned from the united States, where he went to College, earning a degree in journalism. There are currently presidential elections going on and he is producing Tv coverage as part of his new job. His partner at work is Nicolai Kavinsky, a 35 year old Russian man who lives with his wife and 3 year old son. They are reporting for a local news station, so they are supposed to be unbiased, yet the government signifigantly edits the contents of their reporting.
Inciting Incident:
One day the two men are reporting at the rally of one candidate, Vladimir Ivanov. They interview him and all goes well, but as they are packing up the film equipment, they see him in an adjacent alleyway, handing a duffel bag of money to an election official. He walks over to ask them if they saw anything and they say no.
Rising Action:
He later learns that he has been found out and begins to chase after them. The get in their van and speed away from the scene of the confrontation. Dimitri and Nicolai drive for 5 minutes, and begin to think they are in the clear. All of a sudden, they round a corner and see Vladimir in his 3 series. He begins to chase them down the road and they get onto they freeway.
Climax:
They drive down they freeway, with Vladimir following close behind. All of a sudden they see the Krymsky bridge approaching in the distance. Vladimir catches up and slams his car into theirs, sending them plummeting over the guardrail and into the river below.
Falling Action:
Vladimir assumes that both men have perished through falling into the river, but they both swim to shore and hide in an abandoned warehouse. They survive on cardboard and moss for the next three days while making sure the coast is clear.
Resolution:
Realizing that the police are probably corrupt as well, our two journalists are forced to flee to Germany where they continue live their lives working as paper salesmen.
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