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Vanya Revzin, at 30, despite graduating high school with a gold medal and Moscow State University with honors, has hit rock bottom: his wife left him for a candidate master of sports in boxing, he was fired from his mediocre bank job, and years of pain and suffering remain before he pays off the mortgage on his tiny apartment in a high-rise block. In a moment of despair, Ivan learns that his cunning classmate Kolya, once a failing student, has become a successful businessman and has announced a competition for high schoolers with a multimillion prize fund. Vanya, who looks much younger than his age and is even asked for ID when buying alcohol, decides to pull off a scam. He shaves off his beard, forges documents, and heads to the competition, confident that life experience will easily overcome youth.
