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Mad Mimes

Mad Mimes

The film is a study of the mimetic practices in a fictitious self-marginalized commune located next to the Moscow Ring Road, a highway that marks the boundaries of the Russian capital.

2012•30m•10.0/10
DocumentaryScience FictionFantasyMysteryComedyHistory

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An anthropological study of a cargo cult in a fictitious self-marginalized commune, which existed next to the Moscow Ring Road - a highway that marks the boundaries of the Russian capital - and survived mainly on roadside trash. Although the road provided for their basic needs, the existence of the commune was extremely precarious and highly dependent on the roadway's fluctuations. This dependency led them to develop a cargo cult of the road.

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Production

VVERKH!

Language

RU

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Daniil Zinchenko

Daniil Zinchenko

Tribesman

Pavel Grozin

Pavel Grozin

Road worker

Alexander Evangely

Alexander Evangely

Anthropologist

Alexandra Obukhova

Alexandra Obukhova

Historian of religions

Arseny Zhilyaev

Arseny Zhilyaev

Anthropologist

Oksana Sarkisyan

Oksana Sarkisyan

Sociologist

Mikhail Maximov

Mikhail Maximov

Tribesman

Varvara Gevorgizova

Varvara Gevorgizova

Tribeswoman

Tanya Lazareva

Tanya Lazareva

Tribeswoman, mother of two

Anton Nikolaev

Anton Nikolaev

Pizdariki (Voice)

Andrey Golovin

Andrey Golovin

Policeman

Maximillian Roganov

Maximillian Roganov

Road engineer

Sergey Pakhomov

Sergey Pakhomov

Shaman

Valentin Fetisov

Valentin Fetisov

Ritual assistant

Semen Levinson

Child

Boris Kashapov

Boris Kashapov

Tribesman (voice)

Danila Savelianov

Road worker

Anna Kharatian

Tribeswoman

Vasilisa Nabatova

Tribeswoman

Alexei Abramov

Tribesman

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