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Doll

2014 · 28 min

A cramped, uneasy near-future mood piece that simmers with quiet resentment and asks you to sit with its discomfort.

Directed by
Viktor Sidorov
Genres
Drama
Starring
Andrey Merzlikin, Stass Klassen, Tatyana Ermilova
Overview
Michael is a general manager of a large company, living in a small apartment in a rundown area of the city of the future. He can't get rid of the hatred for his boss Rudolf. The need to let off steam leads Michael to the office of the company 'New Life', implanting in their clients' memories fantasies that they can realize without the risk of experiencing the events in reality.

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Directed by
Viktor Sidorov
Genres
Drama
Starring
Andrey Merzlikin, Stass Klassen, Tatyana Ermilova
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • obsession
  • identity
  • class
  • technology
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Viktor Sidorov
Written by
Andrey Ivashkin
Starring
Andrey Merzlikin, Stass Klassen, Tatyana Ermilova, Alexandra Vinogradova, Elizaveta Saksina, Alexandr Postulenko, Sergey Kravchuk, Fedor Nadezhdin
Music
Viktor Sologub
Cinematography
Alexey Shubakov
Runtime
28 min
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian

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