Two Russian movies will be shown during the 21st Singapore International Film Festival:
5 April - "CARGO 200"
12 April - "THE HARD-HEARTED"
Cargo 200
“I was aware from the very beginning that “Cargo 200” would be a scandalous film. That people would talk about it, that many would not like it but that it would leave no one indifferent” – Alexey Balabanov
Experimental Russian filmmaker Alexey Balabanov returns to the independent cinema circuit with his 11th film - the controversial Cargo 200. With a title coming from a euphemism for the bodies of dead soldiers being shipped back from Afghanistan after the war; this film is touted by critics as one of the most significant Russian offerings in recent times.
With an assortment of Russian pop songs in the 80s as its soundtrack, Cargo 200 is a persistently nostalgic criminal drama that will impose its inevitable weight on the viewer’s imagination.
The Hard-Hearted
Winner of the Jury Award at the 7th Marrakesh International Film Festival 2007, the debut feature film by Alexei Mizgiryov takes you into the heart of Moscow and the rough life on her streets. Young, idealistic and impressionable Anton (Yevegni Antropov) has rosy fantasies about the Russian capital, but only because his childhood love Zina (Anastasiya Bezborodova) moved there with her family when they were young.
When he finally realizes his dream of visiting the city, he arrives to a Moscow too disquieting and dark for dreamers like him. His sunshine of innocence begins to get clouded by complicated relationships and the fickleness of human favour.
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