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Paragraph 78 (2007)

Paragraph 78 poster
Original title
Параграф 78: Фильм первый
Directed by
Mikhail Khleborodov
Genre
action film, science fiction film, thriller film
Country
Russia
Runtime
3h 05m
Rated
16+
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 73 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A special forces team is sent into a secret underground military base to stop a deadly virus from spreading. They must fight their way through armed opponents and a catastrophic leak that threatens everyone inside.

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What happens

Paragraph 78 (Russian: Параграф 78; also stylized as: § 78) is a Russian film by Mikhail Khleborodov released in 2007. The film was split into two parts Paragraph 78, Punkt 1 released on February 22, 2007, and Paragraph 78, Punkt 2 released on March 29, 2007. The screenplay was based on a 1995 story by Ivan Okhlobystin. Andrey Lazarchuk, the Russian writer of the modern turborealism literature style, wrote a novel based on this film (February 2007). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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