The Head

A bizarre, confrontational experience of improvised rants and surreal power games that feels both alienating and darkly comic.

Directed by

Svetlana Baskova

Genres

Drama, Comedy, Fantasy

Starring

Sergey Pakhomov, Aleksandr Maslaev, Aleksandr Mironov

Overview

The Soviet Russia of old is an immobile head without a body that appears in various locations, clashing with the morals and sentiments of a modern rich man. This man seeks advise from the head but finds that it is annoyingly unresponsive or unhelpful as it sends him on various missions and tests. At times he uses violence or oral rape to get what he wants until he grows too exasperated. Most of the movie consists of improvised dialogue or rants, and meandering scenes in a weapons shop, a railway, and a meeting where the man performs a bizarre magic performance with chickens, eggs and a cardboard box..

How it feels

Absurd, dark, satirical and cynical. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Power, corruption, identity, violence

Content

Strong violence, sexual content and language. Mild gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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