Chinese Version
Pro Urodov i Lyudey (Russia)
Of Freak And Men
Russian unusual families
Director: Alexei Balabanov
Cast: Sergei Makovetsky Dinara Drukarova Chingiz Tsydendabayev Alyesha De
Footage: 93min
Year: 1998
It is set in turn-of-the-century St. Petersburg, where a middle-class family and an upper-class family both become intertwined with pornographic photographer Johann. Dr. Stasov treats railroad engineer Radlov. Johann takes an interest in the doctor's maid and Radlov's daughter. Johann is thwarted in his lust for Lisa.
This film may seem morbidly negative. The dream of western freedom is undermined from the start. Liza's hopes are evoked by leitmotif shots of a train seen from her window, but her orgiastic train journey to the west is soon followed by depressive drifting through leaf-blown streets.
References:
Of Freaks and Men/Po Urodov i Liudei
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