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 |
| Directing | Dimitri Venkov | Director |
| Writing | Dimitri Venkov | Screenplay |
| Camera | Margarita Kariuk | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Petr Laden | Sound |
| Camera | Timur Belousov-Rogovskiy | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Daniil Zinchenko | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Dimitri Venkov | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Antonina Baever | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Andrei Zvetkov | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Anton Kuryshev | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Victoria Chupahina | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Leonid Studenikin | Script Consultant |
| Production | Alexander Evangely | Script Researcher |
| Art | Varvara Gevorgizova | Art Direction |
| Writing | Evgenia Demina | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Oleg Aronson | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Andrei Tutorsky | Script Consultant |
| Crew | Pavel Kostylev | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Alexandrina Vanke | Scientific Consultant |
| Writing | Valeri Podoroga | Script Consultant |
| Directing | Claude Lévi-Strauss | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Michael Taussig | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Bronislaw Malinowsi | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Victor Garadja | Scientific Consultant |
| Directing | Mircea Eliade | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Jean Rouch | Property Builder |
| Crew | Emile Durkheim | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Jean Langford | Scientific Consultant |
| Art | Vladimir Arkhipov | Prop Designer |
| Production | Sofya Gavrilova | Location Assistant |
| Crew | Simon Shuster | Translator |
| Production | Petr Laden | Location Manager |
| Production | Ivan Semchenkov | Location Assistant |
| Production | Valeria Oleynik | Location Assistant |
| Writing | Kirill Preobrazhensky | Script Consultant |
| Writing | David Riff | Staff Writer |
| Editing | Dimitri Venkov | Editor |
| Crew | Evgeny Alexandrov | Scientific Consultant |
| Art | Margarita Kariuk | Storyboard Artist |
