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Kin-dza-dza! (1986)

Kin-dza-dza! poster
Original title
Кин-дза-дза!
Directed by
Georgiy Daneliya
Genre
tragicomedy, comedy drama, adventure film, science fiction film, dystopian film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
2h 07m
Rated
12
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 293 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two men from Earth are accidentally transported to a distant, desolate planet called Pluke. They encounter strange aliens with bizarre social rules, and spend the film trying to get home.

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What happens

Kin-dza-dza! (Russian: Кин-дза-дза!, Georgian: ქინ-ძა-ძა!) is a 1986 Soviet film released by the Mosfilm studio and directed by Georgiy Daneliya, with a story by Georgiy Daneliya and Revaz Gabriadze. It is a dystopian science-fiction comedy, in which two men from the Soviet Union accidentally travel through space, meeting two aliens from the Kin-dza-dza star system and their post-apocalyptic world. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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