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Of Freaks and Men (1998)

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Original title
Про уродов и людей
Directed by
Aleksei Balabanov
Genre
erotic film, comedy drama
Country
Russia
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
12
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 92 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Set in early 20th century St. Petersburg, a wealthy family's lives are disrupted by a photographer who makes erotic pictures. A story about the intersection of perversion and society.

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What happens

Of Freaks and Men (Russian: Про уродов и людей, romanized: Pro urodov i lyudey) is a 1998 Russian historical comedy-drama film written and directed by Aleksei Balabanov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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