Dariya the maid getting a boy to touch her large breast is just one incident that occurs when Yohan and Victor infiltrate two families, forcing young Liza and blind Ekaterina to appear in porn, but they are not so innocent themselves.
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| Sergey Makovetskiy | ... | Yohan | |
| Dinara Drukarova | ... | Liza | |
| Anzhelika Nevolina | ... | Ekaterina Kirillovna (as Lika Nevolina) | |
| Viktor Sukhorukov | ... | Victor Ivanovich | |
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Alyosha Dyo | ... | Kolia (as Dyo Alyosha) |
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Chingiz Tsydendambayev | ... | Tolia |
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Vadim Prokhorov | ... | Putilov |
| Aleksandr Mezentsev | ... | Doctor Stasov | |
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Igor Shibanov | ... | Engineer Radlov |
| Darya Yurgens | ... | Grunia (as Darya Lesnikova) | |
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Tatyana Polonskaya | ... | Dariya |
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Olga Straumit | ... | Nurse |
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Richard Bogutskii | ... | Notary |
| Valeri Krishtapenko | ... | Owner of photographic studio | |
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Evgeniy Erokhin | ... | Priest |
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Dariya the maid getting a boy to touch her large breast is just one incident that occurs when Yohan and Victor infiltrate two families, forcing young Liza and blind Ekaterina to appear in porn, but they are not so innocent themselves.
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Written by Aleksandr Gurilev
Arranged by Vladimir Radcenkov
Sung by Petia Ovchinnikov, Vitia Aliushin
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"Pro urodov i lyudej" (Aleksei Balabanov, 1998) is a dark, quixotic look at the earliest days of underground film making in Russia. One of its most interesting features is that the entire film is shot in sepia tone rather than full color, no doubt to emphasize the dreariness of its subject. There are a few outdoor scenes that show us a blue sky, but aside from that the entire film is rendered in that muted sepia color.
The sad-faced, willowy Dinara Drukarova plays Lisa, a young woman who is imprisoned in her own family home and forced to pose nude for the camera, being whipped on screen for the pleasure of a few depraved male customers. After several months of captivity, Lisa escapes and heads for the big city to make a new life for herself... but discovers that the degrading scenes she has been posing for have become a fixation for her.
The title translates into English as "Of Freaks and Men."The "freaks" part comes in when we are introduced to young Siamese twins, joined at the waist.
But as the film progresses, we perceive that the twins are the least "freaky" characters in the film.
Though the scenario is admittedly somber, there is a richness of tone and a strong storyline driving the film forward. We want to know what ultimately happens to the heroine, Lisa, and to the young conjoined twins. "Of Freaks and Men" is justly celebrated for these compelling virtues.