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A Visitor to a Museum

1989 · 128 min

A slow, oppressive plunge into a ruined world where spiritual hunger and despair hang heavy over every strange, ritualistic encounter.

Overview
It is the future, the world is in ruins and a large portion of the population consists of deformed mutants living in reservations. In this world a man decides to spend his vacation visiting the ruins of a museum that is now buried under the sea.

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • faith
  • survival
  • isolation
  • morality
  • death
Places
  • sea
  • small town
Era
far-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror5
Humour1
Realism4
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness9
Complexity8
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, science fiction
Directed by
Konstantin Lopushansky
Written by
Konstantin Lopushansky
Starring
Viktor Mikhaylov, Vera Mayorova, Vadim Lobanov, Irina Rakshina, Aleksandr Rasinsky, Iosif Ryklin, Liliyan Malkina, Nora Gryakalova
Music
Vladimir Deshov, Alfred Schnittke
Cinematography
Nikolai Pokoptsev
Runtime
128 min
Country
Germany, Soviet Union, Switzerland
Languages
Russian

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