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15/06/2012 Documentary, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Comedy, History 0h 30m
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The film is a study of the mimetic practices in a fictitious self-marginalized commune located next to the Moscow Ring Road, a highway that marks the boundaries of the Russian capital.

Overview

An anthropological study of a cargo cult in a fictitious self-marginalized commune, which existed next to the Moscow Ring Road - a highway that marks the boundaries of the Russian capital - and survived mainly on roadside trash. Although the road provided for their basic needs, the existence of the commune was extremely precarious and highly dependent on the roadway's fluctuations. This dependency led them to develop a cargo cult of the road.

  1. Dimitri Venkov

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Daniil Zinchenko

    Tribesman

  2. Pavel Grozin

    Road worker

  3. Alexander Evangely

    Anthropologist

  4. Alexandra Obukhova

    Historian of religions

  5. Arseny Zhilyaev

    Anthropologist

  6. Oksana Sarkisyan

    Sociologist

  7. Mikhail Maximov

    Tribesman

  8. Varvara Gevorgizova

    Tribeswoman

  9. Tanya Lazareva

    Tribeswoman, mother of two

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Reviews

A review by Dimitri_Venkov
Written by Dimitri_Venkov on 2023-06-11
Dimitri Venkov in conversation with Alexandra MacGilp for Cannibal Manifest exhibition catalogue



AM: What inspired The Mad Mimes and how did it develop while you were making it?

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DV: One of the lasting impressions of my formative years was a discovery of Jean Rouch’s ethno-fictions. There I saw a narrative mode that was neither documentary nor fiction, rather it went back and forth between them creating  uncertainty in regards with the nature of the material and the film itself. Half-consciously I ended up reproducing this model in my film where I tried to present a credibl...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Russian

Budget
$2,000.00

Revenue
$10,000.00

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