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"An unexpected encounter between three strangers in a Moscow bar prompts outlandish tales of their prominent careers......far removed from the mundane day-to-day routine. Once they depart the late-night session of spinning stories, each returns to their harsh realities in a dark and industrial Russian landscape. Ilya Khrzhanovsky's controversial film explores existential ideas about repetition with a surreal and disturbing cinematic eye". (Taken from Netrflix synopsis.)
This is a film that no doubt will present many challenges and problems for the viewer. It depicts aspects of Russian life - urban and rural - with a visceral abandon that is sometimes just amazing to watch. It is one which requires of me a simple and dedicated observation. It is such a personal statement that serious criticism must be conducted very carefully and thoughtfully; casual cricism suspended.
Mixing professional and amateur actors into a profound disintergration of order and civility the director finally allows the human spirit to rescue itself in spite of itself. Maybe.
Big, messy, colorful, desperate, constant - Russian.

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Topic - "4" - afilado 11:19:27 10/17/06 (1)

I found it disturbing to think people might still be that way out in the "country". * - mr grits 11:44:12 10/17/06 (0)

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