Mad Mimes (2012)
DocumentaryScience FictionFantasyMysteryComedyHistory
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.
Director:
Dimitri Venkov
Writer:
Dimitri Venkov
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Daniil Zinchenko as Tribesman |
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Pavel Grozin as Road worker |
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Alexander Evangely as Anthropologist |
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Alexandra Obukhova as Historian of religions |
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Arseny Zhilyaev as Anthropologist |
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Oksana Sarkisyan as Sociologist |
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Mikhail Maximov as Tribesman |
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Varvara Gevorgizova as Tribeswoman |
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Tanya Lazareva as Tribeswoman, mother of two |
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Anton Nikolaev as Pizdariki (Voice) |
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Andrey Golovin as Policeman |
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Maximillian Roganov as Road engineer |
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Sergey Pakhomov as Shaman |
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Valentin Fetisov as Ritual assistant |
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Semen Levinson as Child |
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Boris Kashapov as Tribesman (voice) |
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Danila Savelianov as Road worker |
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Anna Kharatian as Tribeswoman |
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Vasilisa Nabatova as Tribeswoman |
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Alexei Abramov as Tribesman |
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Nina Davydova as Tribeswoman |
| Writing | Dimitri Venkov | Screenplay |
| Directing | Dimitri Venkov | Director |
| Camera | Margarita Kariuk | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Petr Laden | Sound |
| Writing | Oleg Aronson | Script Consultant |
| Camera | Timur Belousov-Rogovskiy | Camera Operator |
| Art | Varvara Gevorgizova | Art Direction |
| Sound | Antonina Baever | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Pavel Kostylev | Scientific Consultant |
| Camera | Daniil Zinchenko | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Alexandrina Vanke | Scientific Consultant |
| Writing | Valeri Podoroga | Script Consultant |
| Camera | Dimitri Venkov | Camera Operator |
| Art | Jean Rouch | Property Builder |
| Sound | Andrei Zvetkov | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Evgenia Demina | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Leonid Studenikin | Script Consultant |
| Sound | Anton Kuryshev | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Victoria Chupahina | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Alexander Evangely | Script Researcher |
| Writing | Andrei Tutorsky | Script Consultant |
| Production | Valeria Oleynik | Location Assistant |
| Directing | Claude Lévi-Strauss | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Ivan Semchenkov | Location Assistant |
| Crew | Michael Taussig | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Jean Langford | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Victor Garadja | Scientific Consultant |
| Production | Sofya Gavrilova | Location Assistant |
| Directing | Mircea Eliade | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Petr Laden | Location Manager |
| Crew | Emile Durkheim | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Bronislaw Malinowsi | Scientific Consultant |
| Art | Vladimir Arkhipov | Prop Designer |
| Crew | Simon Shuster | Translator |
| Writing | Kirill Preobrazhensky | Script Consultant |
| Writing | David Riff | Staff Writer |
| Editing | Dimitri Venkov | Editor |
| Art | Margarita Kariuk | Storyboard Artist |
| Crew | Evgeny Alexandrov | Scientific Consultant |
