Tsoi (2020)
- Original title
- Цой
- Directed by
- Alexei Uchitel
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film, road movie
- Country
- Latvia, Russia
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- 16+
- Rating
- 4.2 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
After the car accident that kills rock musician Viktor Tsoi, a man who was involved in the crash must transport Tsoi's coffin from Jurmala to Leningrad. The film follows his journey and the burden he carries.
melancholiccontemplativesomberslow-burnvisually starkatmosphericreflectivesubduedmournful
What happens
Tsoi (Russian: Цой; working title — 47) is a 2020 Russian film directed by Alexei Uchitel, a joint production of Russia, Lithuania, and Latvia. The film tells the story of how a participant in car accident that killed Viktor Tsoi carries the Tsoi's coffin from Jūrmala to Leningrad. Tsoi himself appears only at the beginning of the film, where he immediately dies in a car accident. "There isn't even Tsoi in the Tsoi", said Komsomolskaya Pravda, while a review by Argumenty i Fakty was titled "Tsoi without Tsoi". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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