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Cargo 200

2007 · 89 min

A suffocatingly grim plunge into late-Soviet decay, where every frame radiates menace and moral rot, leaving you disturbed and cold.

Directed by
Aleksei Balabanov
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Starring
Agniya Kuznetsova, Aleksey Poluyan, Leonid Gromov
Overview
While returning to Leningrad from a visit to his brother, Professor Artyom's car breaks down and he finds assistance at an isolated farmhouse occupied by Alexey, his wife, a Vietnamese laborer, and a stranger who wanders around the farm. When his car is repaired, Artyom leaves, drunk on moonshine, and students Valera and Angelika arrive. After Valera gets drunk, the stranger abducts Angelika.

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Directed by
Aleksei Balabanov
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Starring
Agniya Kuznetsova, Aleksey Poluyan, Leonid Gromov
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • violence
  • power
  • isolation
  • guilt
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness10
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
crime, drama, thriller
Directed by
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Written by
Aleksei Balabanov
Starring
Agniya Kuznetsova, Aleksey Poluyan, Leonid Gromov, Aleksey Serebryakov, Leonid Bichevin, Natalya Akimova, Mikhail Skryabin, Dmitriy Kubasov
Cinematography
Aleksandr Simonov
Runtime
89 min
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian

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