모스크바 변두리에서 현금을 운송하며 살아가는 빅터와 파블릭은 삭막한 일상을 보낸다. 단지 더 많은 돈을 벌기를 원할 뿐 이들의 삶에 다른 희망은 찾기 어렵다. 그러던 어느날 빅터와 파블릭은 마을 주민을 대상으로 한 시 창작 수업에 등록하는 한편 현금 강탈을 계획한다. 건조하고 잔인한 폭력 묘사와 일상의 감상적 순간이 묘한 조화를 만드는 작품.

Viktoras ir Liocha gyvena mažame miestelyje ir dirba inkasatoriais: saugo svetimus pinigus, kuria poeziją, vaikšto į gaidžių peštynes ir ieško lyrikos tarp didžiulių betono džiunglių. Tačiau vietoje rimo ir performansų jie atranda kitą būdą, kaip galėtų pakeisti savo gyvenimus – apiplėšimą.

Виктор и Лёха живут в небольшом городе и работают инкассаторами: охраняют чужие деньги, сочиняют стихи, ходят на петушиные бои и ищут лирику среди фальшивой пестроты огромных новостроек. Но вместо рифм и панчей парни находят способ изменить жизнь, и это — ограбление.

“Great Poetry” is about two guys who live on the outskirts of Moscow and work as cash collectors. They’re young, lonely, and all they have in the world is each other. They spend their lives moving money for other people. They attend a poetry class at the local cultural center and watch cockfights at a dorm for migrant workers. Their attempts at finding poetry in the prosaic world around lead them to the conclusion that the only poetic move they can make is to rob a bank. The film isn’t about words or rhymes. It’s about friendship and betrayal, and about our vicious and alien world in which anyone who tries to be honest and consistent ends up looking naïve and cruel. It’s about the everpresent and incomprehensible force that — in spite of everything — makes our life so frantic, strange, and lonely