Down House

Down House

2001 · 80 min · RU · 6.8 (42 votes)
Dir. Roman Kachanov · Starring Fyodor Bondarchuk, Ivan Okhlobystin, Anna Buklovskaya, Aleksandr Bashirov, Mikhail Vladimirov, Jerzy Stuhr
ComedyCrimeDrama

The plot is set in modern Moscow, in the 1990s, with "New Russians", Hummer H1 SUVs, bribery, violence, truck fulls of tinned stew as a dowry, etc.

VIBE

A darkly comedic, gritty dive into post-Soviet Moscow's chaotic underbelly. It's a cynical, yet absurd, look at survival amidst rampant corruption and the wild west of 90s capitalism. Expect a steady, unflinching gaze at a world teetering on the edge.

grittydarkly comediccynicalchaoticsteady90s crime dramaneo-Sovietsatiricalcapitalismcorruptionsurvivalabsurdity
based on novel or book
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