Kuchta, Nicola. Building on this tradition of so-called chernukha films,3 Balabanov created a kind of Soviet Gothic, a shocking and shattering look at Soviet life guaranteed to horrify all but the most jaded film viewers. Recently, by reaching out to an international audience, Russian filmmakers have been able to secure revenue to compensate for the losses on the domestic market. The Imperial Trace. Brain damaged after an assault, the protagonist is stuck in a remote village.
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