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The Land of OZ

2015 · 95 min

A quirky, meandering journey through wintry streets, mixing deadpan humor with moments of melancholy and odd encounters.

Directed by
Vasiliy Sigarev
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Yana Troyanova, Gosha Kutsenko, West Highland Bonya
Overview
In Yekaterinburg over the Christmas period, shop assistant Lenka Shabadinova experiences a number of incredible events and unexpected meetings.

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Directed by
Vasiliy Sigarev
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Yana Troyanova, Gosha Kutsenko, West Highland Bonya
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • isolation
  • survival
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Vasiliy Sigarev
Written by
Vasiliy Sigarev, Andrey Ilenkov
Starring
Yana Troyanova, Gosha Kutsenko, West Highland Bonya, Andrey Ilenkov, Aleksandr Bashirov, Evgeny Tsyganov, Vladimir Simonov, Svetlana Kamynina
Runtime
95 min
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian

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