Mad Mimes (2012)

06/15/2012 (RU) • 30m

Documentary, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Comedy, History

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.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Pavel Grozin

Road worker

Alexander Evangely

Anthropologist

Alexandra Obukhova

Historian of religions

Arseny Zhilyaev

Anthropologist

Oksana Sarkisyan

Sociologist

Tanya Lazareva

Tribeswoman, mother of two


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Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Budget

$2,000.00

Revenue

$10,000.00

Keywords

magic

retrofuturism

visual anthropology

cargo truck

cargo cult

cosmism

jean rouch hommage

russian unofficial art

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