Underplayed Gems

Rubljovka – Road to Bliss (2007)

Rubljovka – Road to Bliss poster
Original title
Rubljovka - Straße zur Glückseligkeit
Directed by
Irene Langemann
Genre
documentary film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 34m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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This documentary travels along Rublyovka Road, a highway that links Moscow with the Russian countryside. It shows how the road and its surroundings have become a strange world shaped by extreme wealth and the remnants of the past.

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