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4.6/10   129 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Olga Larionova (screenplay)
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Release Date:
3 July 2008 (Russia) more
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Tagline:
There's God in your rotten soul somewhere!
Plot:
Young Alisa is fed up with her life in Moscow, and moves to St. Petersburg. Her roommates in the collective flat are two junkies... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Olga Sutulova ... Alisa
Mariya Shalaeva ... Vel
Artur Smolyaninov ... Myortvyi
Mikhail Yevlanov ... Laruss
Andrei Khabarov ... Boll
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Tatyana Samojlova ... Margarita Ivanovna
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Нирвана (Russia)
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Runtime:
93 min | Russia:90 min | Germany:89 min (Berlin Film Festival)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Moscow Daze more

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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
Do not believe the average score! (read), 30 November 2008
10/10
Author: jmotsieloa from Sweden

I saw this movie at Stockholms international film festival earlier today. I found the movie fascinating as it had an atmosphere so thick that one could cut it with a butter knife.

I think the main reason why people seems to have disliked it is because of what it is and what it is not. I think people who disliked it, didn't like the idea of a futuristic St Petersburg and didn't like the futuristic art, clothing and make-up or the cold sterile/dirty contrasts. But that is what the picture was focused on and with that in that in mind it took all of the aforementioned things and executed them in a very beautiful way. The film didn't try to be a "normal" picture in any way and that kind of criticism, which I presume is the reason why people have been negative, is therefore stupid and irrelevant. The end of the film makes the most astounding contrast and gives the film a whole new view.

Furthermore, it features great cinematography and was very well casted as every actor feels as if they were born to make their role-characters come to life on the silver screen. I was impressed by the film and hopes that it reaches the audience it deserves. It could very well become a Blade Runner or Dark City of Russia.

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