DAU. New Man

A cold, oppressive immersion into ideological obsession, where tenderness struggles against violence in a suffocating institutional world.

Directed by

Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Ilya Permyakov

Genres

Drama

Starring

Maxim Martsinkevich, Vladimir Azhippo, Alexey Blinov

Overview

Maxim and his comrades-in-arms are participating in top-secret experiments into the creation of a new man. The employees of the secret Institute are characterised by everything Maxim detests: alcoholism, depravity, weak will, loss of ideals, and lack of faith in the future. Vika, one of the waitresses in the Institute's cafeteria, falls in love with the young communist, though she is scared by his fascination with eugenics and his violent tendencies. Vika hopes that her passion and tenderness will soften Maxim, while the state security agents keep a watchful eye on their developing relationship.

How it feels

Dark, bleak, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Power, obsession, identity, corruption

Content

Strong violence, sexual content and language. Mild gore.

Note

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

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