Underplayed Gems

Ku! Kin-dza-dza (2013)

Ku! Kin-dza-dza poster
Original title
Ку! Кин-дза-дза
Directed by
Tatyana Ilyina, Georgiy Daneliya
Genre
comedy film, tragicomedy, science fiction film, children's film, speculative fiction film, dystopian fiction
Country
Russia
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
G
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 84 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two people are transported to a strange desert planet after encountering an unusual device. They must navigate a bizarre society with its own rules and customs to find a way home.

whimsicalabsurdsatiricalslightly surrealthought-provokingbittersweetplayfuloffbeat

What happens

Ku! Kin-dza-dza (Russian: Ку! Кин-дза-дза) is a 2013 Russian animated science fiction film by Georgy Danelia and his last film before his death in 2019. It is an animated remake of Danelia's 1986 live-action film Kin-dza-dza!. Although it preserves much of the original movie's social commentary, Ku! Kin-dza-dza is notably less dark and dystopian than the original, and more targeted towards youth and an international audience. The film is mainly traditionally animated with some computer animation in it. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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