Demobbed (2000)

Original title

ДМБ

Directed by

Roman Kachanov

Genre

comedy film

Country

Russia

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

16+

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 83 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three young Russians from different backgrounds join the army to escape their pasts. The film shows the army's brutal traditions as a weirdly idyllic process of resocialization rather than a tragedy.

absurdistdarkly comicchaoticsatiricalbittersweetironicoffbeatretro

What happens

Demobbed (Russian: ДМБ, romanized: DMB) is a cult Russian comedy film by Roman Kachanov, showing an absurdist view on the Russian army through the eyes of a conscript. The brutal rituals of Dedovshchina, a major problem within Russian society, is shown not as a tragedy, but as an idyllically insane process of resocialization. Several stars of Soviet cinema cast in the roles of senior officers; prominent theater director Sergei Artsibashev portrayed the iconic protagonist Dikiy Prapor ("Wild Warrant Officer") The film's popularity prompted the producers to create four sequels (DMB-2, DMB-3, DMB-4 and DMB-5), but with limited reception. Three young Russians from very different walks of life involuntarily enter the military to escape their past. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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