A satirical comedy with elements of metaphysical horror about religion in rural 1960s Soviet Russia. Notable for using first-person pseudo-documentary "found footage" technique framing the movie as the creation of the protagonist, who is returns to his home village from the city to discover that a local drunk has formed a doomsday cult.
Cast
Stanislav Sokolov
Sasha Likardokin
Yevgeniya Kolmykova
Polya
Tatyana Pelttser
Matryona
Vitali Politseymako
Filin
Stanislav Lyubshin
father Michail
Daya Smirnova
mother Klavdiya
Varvara Popova
Agafya
Vladimir Ratomsky
old man Pafnutiy
Yevgeni Kryuchkov
Fedya
Yuri Kharchenko
Grisha Zubarik
Pyotr Lyubeshkin
Egor Ivanovich
Viktor Sergachyov
local militia man
Nikolai Pazhitnov
lecturer
Oleg Vidov
Akulina's dead son
Viktor Markin
doctor (uncredited)
Kseniya Kozmina
Polya's mother (uncredited)
Iya Marks
Akulina
Crew
Boris Buneev
Director
Vasiliy Solovyov
Writer
Natalya Torchinskaya
Script Editor
Olga Katusheva
Editor
Aleksandr Khvostov
Director of Photography
Lev Rogozin
Director of Photography
Stepan Puchinyan
Producer
Olga Bednova
Production Design
Mariam Bykhovskaya
Costume Design
Mariya Sheleg
Makeup & Hair
Aleksandr Golyzhenkov
Sound Director
Yuri Milovskiy
VFX Supervisor
Vera Sholina
VFX Director of Photography
Yevgeniy Ptichkin
Original Music Composer
E. Mayat
Script Consultant
Vladimir Fedoseyev
Conductor