Agniya Kuznetsova

  • Aleksei Balabanov – Gruz 200 aka Cargo 200 (2007)

    2001-2010Aleksei BalabanovDramaRussiaThriller

    Synopsis:
    A young woman is taken hostage by a police officer and subsequently abused by the lawman gone mad.

    Review:
    The term Cargo 200 refers to the bodies of USSR soldiers brought home from Afghanistan in the 1980s, but in Aleksei Balabanov’s film of the same name every character seems destined to become Cargo 200, either actually ending up dead or at least ending up in a dead-end quagmire of pointless violence and immoral behaviour. Unflinching would be a gentle word to describe this portrayal of a doomed humanity, but the exact point of the film beyond its doomsday message is never really clear. Unlike other recent excursions into nihilism as expressed through heartless sex and pointless violence (Mortier’s Ex Drummer comes to mind as a recent example), Balabanov’s film never goes beyond stating the obvious.Read More »

  • Valeria Gai Germanica – Vse Umrut, A Ya Ostanus AKA Everybody Dies But Me (2008)

    2001-2010DramaRussiaValeria Gai Germanica

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    Synopsis: One Monday morning Katya, Vika and Zhanna learn that there will be a school disco, their first disco, on the coming Saturday night. The girls feverishly start preparing for the event, which rapidly becomes the most important moment ever in their universe, and looks like the ideal way to escape their daily lives…
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