Russia 88
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
Heavy, kinetic, extreme drama / mockumentary, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →A gang of skinheads 'Russia 88' are filming propaganda videos in order to place it on the internet. At the same time the camera records the life of the gang, they become accustomed to this and stop paying attention to it. The leader of the gang 'Blade' discovers that his sister is dating a guy from the Caucasus. This family drama develops into a tragedy.
Our read · Russia 88 (2009) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded drama · mockumentary entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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