Devastated, Katya and her grandfather go to the police to report the crime. However, their hopes for justice are swiftly crushed. It turns out that the father of one of the rapists is a high-ranking police official who uses his influence to have the charges against all three boys dropped. The case is closed, and the perpetrators walk free as if nothing happened.
While the audience is encouraged to sympathize with Ivan's pain, the film does not entirely glorify his actions. It presents his vengeance as a tragic necessity—a desperate act by a broken man who has nothing left to lose. Devastated, Katya and her grandfather go to the