Dude — Water Winner (Russian: Лох — победитель воды, romanized: Lokh — pobeditel vody) is a 1991 Soviet crime thriller film directed by Arkadiy Tigay.

[1][2][3][4] In the early 1990s, Pavel Gorelikov (Sergey Kuryokhin), a mild-mannered intellectual, runs a computer salon called “Energy” in Leningrad with his friend Kostya, a disabled Afghan war veteran (Andrey Ponomaryov).

After Pavel refuses to pay protection money to local racketeers, explaining he can’t afford their demands, both he and the salon are attacked.

Realizing the police won’t help, Pavel decides to take matters into his own hands to avenge his friend’s death.

Amidst this turmoil, Pavel falls for a young woman he meets (Larisa Borodina), a bartender facing similar intimidation from racketeers.