Down House

Down House

2001 · 80 min · RU · 6.2 (73 votes)
Dir. Roman Kachanov · Starring Fyodor Bondarchuk, Ivan Okhlobystin, Anna Buklovskaya, Aleksandr Bashirov, Mikhail Vladimirov, Jerzy Stuhr
ComedyCrimeDrama

Programmer Prince Myshkin returns to his historical homeland from Switzerland, where he was undergoing treatment in a psychiatric clinic. On the bus, the prince meets businessman Parfen Rogozhin, who is suffering from lovesickness for Nastasya Filippovna.

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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
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