Once on the outside, he realizes that it is no longer possible to return to his former life for which is his so nostalgic and he decides to take revenge on the policeman whose fault it was that he ended up in prison.

As a result of their meeting, Ilya ends up in possession of his enemy's smartphone and through a series of texts gradually takes his place.

[7] The novel Text (ru) by Dmitry Glukhovsky, the author of the Metro book trilogy, was released in 2017 and was later translated into more than 20 languages.

[12] Due to a busy travel schedule, Glukhovsky managed to visit the film set just a few times.

Scenes on the streets, in the metro and on trains were shot without blocking off the area to ordinary passers-by and passengers - with the help of a half-hidden camera placed in an animal carrier.

Asked about his explicit sex scene with Kristina Asmus, Ivan Yankovsky said: "Yeah, we shot the footage ourselves.

"[13] Basta (rapper), having watched Text, wrote the song It’s scary to live like this for the film, the director of the music video is Klim Shipenko.