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Silver Heads

1999 · 84 min

A murky, dreamlike trudge through damp woods and strange experiments, more unsettling atmosphere than story, rewarding only the patient.

Directed by
Evgeny Yufit
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Science fiction
Starring
Sergei Chernov, Vasili Deryagin, Valeri Krishtapenko
Overview
The necrorealist science fiction plot involves a team of scientists attempting to cross a human being with a tree, and a special unit dispatched to hunt down the zombie-like mutants created in a previous, failed experiment

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Evgeny Yufit
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Science fiction
Starring
Sergei Chernov, Vasili Deryagin, Valeri Krishtapenko
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • science
    • isolation
    • madness
    • survival
    • nature
    Places
    • wilderness
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror6
    Humour2
    Realism3
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness7
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, fantasy, science fiction
    Directed by
    Evgeny Yufit
    Written by
    Evgeny Yufit, Vladimir Maslov
    Starring
    Sergei Chernov, Vasili Deryagin, Valeri Krishtapenko, Nikolay Marton, Vladimir Maslov, Aleksandr Polovtsev, Nikolai Rudik, Daniil Zinchenko
    Cinematography
    Aleksandr Burov
    Runtime
    84 min
    Country
    Russia
    Languages
    Russian

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