Absurdistan (2008)

An allegorical comedy centered on two childhood sweethearts who seem destined for one another until the women of their isolated village, angered by male indifference toward the water ... See full summary »

Director:

Veit Helmer

Writers:

Zaza Buadze, Servet Golbol

Stars:

Max Mauff, Kristýna Podzimková, Nino Chkheidze

5 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Max Mauff	...	Temelko (as Maximilian Mauff)
Kristýna Podzimková	...	Aya (as Kristýna Malérová)
Nino Chkheidze	...	Grandmother
Ivane Ivantbelidze	...	Shooting Gallery Guy
Ani Amiridze	...	Shooting Gallery Guy's Daughter
Ilko Stefanovski	...	Guri - Temelko's Father
Assun Planas	...	Temelko's Mother
Otto Kuhnle	...	Barber
Hijran Nasirova	...	Barber's Wife
Hendrik Arnst	...	Landlord
Olga Nefyodova	...	Landlord's Wife
Adalat Ziyadkhanov	...	Policeman (as Adalet Zyadhanov)
Matanat Atakishiyeva	...	Policeman's Wife
Azelarab Kaghat	...	Baker
Michaela Bandi	...	Baker's Wife

Storyline

An allegorical comedy centered on two childhood sweethearts who seem destined for one another until the women of their isolated village, angered by male indifference toward the water shortage, go on a sex strike that threatens the young couple's first night of love.

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Plot Keywords:

sex strike | water shortage | childhood sweetheart | lingerie slip | strike | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

20 March 2008 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Absurdistán

Filming Locations:

Azerbaijan

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,441, 8 February 2009, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$39,078, 12 June 2009

Company Credits

Production Co:

Veit Helmer Filmproduktion, Südwestrundfunk (SWR), Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Qizlar Mahnisi
Written by Tofiq Quliyev
Performed by Shovkat Alakbarova

User Reviews

Benny Hill Goes to Absurdistan

The characters in this film are hideous, dirty, obese, malodorous and unkempt. The hero is a handsome gangly teenage boy. He is in love with a pretty, tomboyish but cruel young lady. The elders behave like characters in a Benny Hill movie. They pantomime extreme sexual attraction to each other, and spend a lot of time in non-consensual sex. The village breaks out into Lysistrata like war between the sexes over the male refusal to repair the water supply. They shoot each other. They lay vicious traps of various kinds for each other. Everyone sleeps with rifles and sets them off by accident repeatedly. I did not find this amusing. These people were psychopaths. At the end, boy gets girl, though I was not too happy about this. She had repeatedly abused him so badly, I hoped for a new love for him.