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Kin-dza-dza!

1986 · 135 min

A deadpan, absurdist romp through a grimy alien dystopia that is funny, bleak and quietly unsettling all at once.

Directed by: Georgiy Daneliya
Genres: Comedy, Science fiction, Adventure
Starring: Stanislav Lyubshin, Evgeni Leonov, Yuriy Yakovlev

Overview: Two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other are transported to the planet Pluke in the Kin-dza-dza galaxy due to a chance encounter with an alien teleportation device. They must come to grips with a language barrier and Plukian social norms (not to mention the laws of space and time) if they ever hope to return to Earth.

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Directed by: Georgiy Daneliya
Genres: Comedy, Science fiction, Adventure
Starring: Stanislav Lyubshin, Evgeni Leonov, Yuriy Yakovlev

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
power
identity
isolation
survival
Places: big city
space
fantasy world
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	4
Horror	2
Humour	7
Realism	4
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	5

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