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Pure Art

2016 · 93 min

A sleek, paranoid chase through a cold city, keeping you guessing who to trust while the walls close in.

Directed by: Renat Davletyarov
Genres: Mystery, Thriller
Starring: Anna Chipovskaya, Pyotr Fyodorov, Konstantin Yushkevich

Overview: Contemporary Russia. Sasha, a beautiful, young photographer, finds her lover, a successful artist, murdered. The police suspect her and the killers want to silence her. She goes on the run from all as she tries to solve this mystery.

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Directed by: Renat Davletyarov
Genres: Mystery, Thriller
Starring: Anna Chipovskaya, Pyotr Fyodorov, Konstantin Yushkevich

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
deception
isolation
survival
justice
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	5
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	7
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: mystery, thriller
Directed by: Renat Davletyarov
Written by: Mark Franchetti, Artem Vitkin, Yuri Korotkov
Starring: Anna Chipovskaya, Pyotr Fyodorov, Konstantin Yushkevich, Ilya Lyubimov, Anatoliy Belyy, Aleksandr Yatsenko, Lyudmila Chursina, Evgeniya Malakhova
Music: Denis Surov
Cinematography: Semen Yakovlev
Runtime: 93 min
Country: Russia
Languages: Russian

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