★ 7.2
2006
Russia
95 min
Playing the Victim
“To play death is to understand it.”
Directed by Kirill Serebrennikov
A young man earns money by playing murder victims in police reconstructions, while struggling with his own moral emptiness and family dysfunction.
Starring
Yuriy ChursinVitaliy KhaevAleksandr Ilyin JrMarat BasharovOlga DemidovaAnna MikhalkovaFyodor DobronravovMarina Golub
Screenplay — Vladimir Presnyakov
Cinematography — Sergey Mokritsky
Music — Alexandr Manotskov
Visuals
Deep Dive
Interpretation layer: books, essays, context, and interactive lenses behind the film.
Source Material
Crime and Punishment
The book behind the film. Sometimes the real horror is in the margins.
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