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Mad Mimes( 2012)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Daniil Zinchenko

      Tribesman

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      Pavel Grozin

      Road worker

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      Alexander Evangely

      Anthropologist

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      Alexandra Obukhova

      Historian of religions

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      Arseny Zhilyaev

      Anthropologist

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      Oksana Sarkisyan

      Sociologist

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      Mikhail Maximov

      Tribesman

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      Varvara Gevorgizova

      Tribeswoman

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      Tanya Lazareva

      Tribeswoman, mother of two

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      Anton Nikolaev

      Pizdariki (Voice)

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      Andrey Golovin

      Policeman

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      Maximillian Roganov

      Road engineer

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      Sergey Pakhomov

      Shaman

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      Valentin Fetisov

      Ritual assistant

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      Semen Levinson

      Child

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      Boris Kashapov

      Tribesman (voice)

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      Danila Savelianov

      Road worker

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      Anna Kharatian

      Tribeswoman

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      Vasilisa Nabatova

      Tribeswoman

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      Alexei Abramov

      Tribesman

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      Nina Davydova

      Tribeswoman

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    A review by Dimitri_Venkov

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    Written by Dimitri_Venkov on Sun Jun 11 2023
    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? ​ 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 credible situa...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    2000.00

    Revenue

    10000.00

    Keywords

    • magic
    • retrofuturism
    • visual anthropology
    • cargo truck
    • cargo cult
    • cosmism
    • jean rouch hommage
    • russian unofficial art