简介：GloomypostmodernismfromthestudentofTarkovski.Iwasreallystressedbythisfilm.ItisveryawesomeandabsurdstorysetinKaliningrad.Onecanseealotofruinedcastlesand18-19thcenturyGermanbuildingshere.YoucanalsoseethegraveofImmanuilKantandalotofscreenedfreaks.Atmosphericandcoldsuspensewithsomegoreandpsychotropicvisions.VerynastyandhypnotictripintotheflashbacksofPerestroikaandtheUSSR.ThisfilmhasmuchinfluencefromEuropeanpostmodernismanddealsalotwithmentalpainanditsvisions.Iwouldrecommendthisfilmforthosepeoplewhoexploresthedarksideofexperimentalcinema.Quiteobscurevisionaryandalotofclassicalmusic. RichimageryandpoliticalallegoryenlivenanalreadycomplexstoryinthislateSoviet-eramystery/drama.Inthestory,agovernmentinvestigatorhascometotowntolookintothevalidityofbriberychargesthatwerebroughtagainstanofficialthere.Inthemeantime,wediscoverthatatwinandhisbrotherhavebeenengagedinakindofveryclosewarfare.Onetwinwasamedicaldoctor,andwasmarriedtoabeautifulwoman.Thesecondtwinwasinterestedinbeddingthewife,andhadnofeelingforhisbrother.Thus,heimpersonatedhiminthehospital,andopenlyengagedinmedicalmalpracticeofthegrossestsort,resultinginapatient'sdeath.Thefirsttwinlosthiscareerandwasforcedtosupporthimselfbygoingdoortodoorsellingkerosene.Thesecond(andclearlysociopathic)twin,naturally,becameanimportantfigureintheactivitiesofhislocalsoviet.…