4 (2005/II)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Ilya Khrjanovsky

Writer:

Vladimir Sorokin (writer)

Release Date:

August 2005 (Russia)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Two men and a woman happen to meet in a bar. We learn from their conversations both the intriguing and banal details of their lives...

Plot Keywords:

Abstract Film | Avant Garde Film | Avant Garde | Experimental Film | Industrial

Awards:

10 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Shavkat Abdusalamov
Anatoli Adoskin
Aleksei Khvostenko
Andrei Kudriashov
Yuri Laguta	...	Oleg
Konstantin Murzenko	...	Marat
Sergey Shnurov	...	Volodya
Irina Vovchenko
Marina Vovchenko	...	Marina
Svetlana Vovchenko

Also Known As:

Chetyre (Russia) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

126 min

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:18 | Singapore:R21

Company:

Filmocom

Excellent movie, but not for everybody

For me, it is one of the best Russian movies of the year 2005. It takes to what is called "collective unconscious" - but I guess only if y're Russian about 30 y.o. living in large city:) I was really amazed by Ilya Chrzhanovsky's astonishing work because it's his first full-length movie. Vladimir Sorokin, who wrote the script, is very scandalous author who loves to shock audience. Besides, he is obviously postmodernist, so his stories are always full of different layers of meaning, contain a lot of symbols. Often you can't understand for sure whether he is kidding or being serious. The last but not the least, the movie is brilliant at camera work and has an amazing soundtrack.