Zerograd (1988)

Original title

Город Зеро

Directed by

Karen Shakhnazarov

Genre

science fiction film, mystery film, thriller film, black comedy film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

18+

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 66 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Moscow engineer goes to a small town on a business trip. He meets bizarre characters and finds he cannot leave the town.

absurdsurrealmysterioussatiricaldreamlikeunsettlingslow-burn

What happens

Zerograd (Russian: Город Зеро, romanized: Gorod Zero), also translated as City Zero, Zero City or Zero Town, is a 1989 Russian mystery film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov, described as an absurdist comedy by Mosfilm. A Moscow engineer Alexey Varakin visits a factory in a small town on a business trip, where his bizarre adventures begin. At the factory he sees a naked secretary, but nobody seems to pay attention to this; later we encounters a prosecutor who wants to commit a crime, and other strange characters. In addition it turns out that he cannot leave the town. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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