Cargo 200 (2007)

A young woman is taken hostage by a police officer gone mad.

Directors:

Aleksey Balabanov, Laura Obiols

Writer:

Aleksey Balabanov

Stars:

Agniya Kuznetsova, Aleksey Poluyan, Leonid Gromov

4 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Agniya Kuznetsova	...	Angelika
Aleksey Poluyan	...	Captain Zhurov
Leonid Gromov	...	Artem, Professor of Scientific Atheism
Aleksey Serebryakov	...	Aleksey
Leonid Bichevin	...	Valera
Natalya Akimova	...	Antonina, Aleksey's Wife
Yuriy Stepanov	...	Mikhail, Colonel
Mikhail Skryabin	...	Sunka
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sergei Aleksandrov
Valentina Andryukova
Konstantin Balakirev
Aleksandr Bashirov	...	Skinny Alcoholic
Alyona Falaleyeva
Yuliya Glazunova
Dmitri Karpov

Storyline

The Soviet Union in 1984, the decline of the Soviet Era. The daughter of the Secretary of the Regional Committee of the Communist Party in a small town disappears one night after leaving a dance club. There are no witnesses, no suspects. The same night a brutal murder occurs in a house in the outskirts of town. The murderer is the owner of the house. Police captain Zhurov has to investigate both cases . . .

---

Plot Keywords:

soviet afghanistan war | brutality | corpse | dead body | drink | 

---

Taglines:

Odinnadtsatyy film Alekseya Balabanova (Eleventh film by Aleksey Balabanov)

---

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

---

Did You Know?

Trivia

The filming was very hard for Aleksey Poluyan who suffered from severe pancreatitis. Besides, he had hysterics after the scene where Zhurov raped Anzhelika was filmed. Nevertheless, according to Poluyan, the crew "took great care of him, wouldn't allow him anything, wouldn't let him go anywhere, like a bird in a golden cage." At first they even wanted to use CGI for the motorcycle scenes out of fear that he wouldn't stand them but changed their minds. Poluyan had no previous experience of driving whatsoever but they taught him in two hours.

---

Connections

Referenced in Evening Urgant: Mot (2020)

---

Soundtracks

Yuriy Loza - Plot

User Reviews

An odd trip

The title of the film is a code name for the return home of a body from the battle field. The reason why this title is chosen becomes clear early in the film - but the build of the film would allow a lot of different titles and each one of them would be matching for this film goes far beyond a body returning from the battle field. As the story rolls the film switches back and forth between a number of people and tells their respective tales - and the way all of them connect in one way or the other. The stories are not altogether happy but are not too dark either so the film doesn't turn too dreary. It is very grim though. As each of the stories turns to its conclusion one can not escape the biting cold reality of them.

Played out well enough to be believable and quick enough to be entertaining this film does pretty well. It's ending is fitting, its after-taste is bitter. But, above all, it's an interesting watch.

8 out of 10 broken bottles of vodka

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Russia]

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

14 June 2007 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Cargo 200

Filming Locations:

Cherepovets, Russia

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$592,673

Company Credits

Production Co:

CTB Film Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1