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Dust (2005)

Dust poster
Original title
Пыль
Directed by
Sergey Loban
Genre
science fiction film, comedy drama
Country
Russia
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
12+
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 40 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A minimalistic Russian film follows a man who receives a treatment that changes his appearance and identity. He then confronts the consequences of this change in his everyday life.

quirkylow-keyexistentialabsurdoffbeatslightly melancholicminimalist

What happens

Dust, Russian: Пыль (Pyl') is a 2001 science fiction comedy-drama film with a minimalistic budget of 3000 dollars that was released in 2005 in Russia. Its genre may be characterized as fantastic realism, or as an existential drama with elements of science fiction. Practically unknown in the period between 2001 and 2005, the film was acclaimed at several Russian movie festivals, including XXVII Moscow International Film Festival and Kinoshock. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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