Cargo 200

Cargo 200

2007 · 89 min · RU · 7.1 (162 votes)
Dir. Aleksei Balabanov · Starring Agniya Kuznetsova, Aleksey Poluyan, Leonid Gromov, Aleksey Serebryakov, Leonid Bichevin, Natalya Akimova
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While returning to Leningrad from a visit to his brother, Professor Artyom's car breaks down and he finds assistance at an isolated farmhouse occupied by Alexey, his wife, a Vietnamese laborer, and a stranger who wanders around the farm. When his car is repaired, Artyom leaves, drunk on moonshine, and students Valera and Angelika arrive. After Valera gets drunk, the stranger abducts Angelika.

VIBE

This is a deeply unsettling and disturbing film that plunges into the darkest corners of human depravity. It's a bleak, unflinching look at post-Soviet decay, leaving viewers with a profound sense of dread and despair.

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