简介：Dostoievski's"Crimeandpunishment"revisited,12January2004 Thisfilmis,inallsenses,amodernversionof"Crimeandpunishment"byDostoievski.Theessentialmatterisfollowingaguytryingtodosomething,butwhileDostoievski'scharacterwantstochangeHistory,VladimirisjustlookingforajobafterUSSRdisappears.AndtheothermainelementsoforiginalRussiannovelareadaptedto21stcenturysituationsbytheway.So,ifyoudon'tbelieveinSuper-manasunderstoodbyNietzscheandDostoievski,thisisyourchancetoseethemostclosedexampleofwhatasupermancanhopeinpresentworld. Thetitlecharacter(MikhailRojkovinastrongperformance)isaRussianemigreworkingasasecurityguardandtryingtoadjusttoacorruptArgentineansociety.This2002featurebyDiegoGachassinfollowsVladimir’saffairwithapart-timeprostituteandhisfriendshipwithanotherlocalRussianwhoworksasanintern,playsthesaxophone,anddrinksincreasingamountsofvodka.Gachassinisanaccomplishedstylist,andtheblack-and-whitecinematographyisappropriatelyclaustrophobic.InSpanishandRussianwithsubtitles.94min.(JR)…