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Confession: A Chronicle of Alienation

1989 · 90 min

A grim, slow immersion into addiction and alienation, offering little comfort and demanding patience as it observes a life unraveling.

Directed by
Georgi Gavrilov
Overview
Set in the underground drug culture that has evolved among alienated Soviet youth, Georgi Gavrilov’s Confession explores the life of a 23-year-old Moscow heroin addict at several intervals over a two-year period.
How it feels
Bleak, melancholic and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Addiction, isolation, identity, death
Content
Strong language. Mild violence and sexual content. No gore.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
period
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Directed by
Georgi Gavrilov
Written by
Georgi Gavrilov, Yuriy Kotlyar
Starring
Aleksei Shubnikov
Runtime
90 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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