Mad Mimes
The film is a study of the mimetic practices in a fictitious self-marginalized commune located next to the Moscow Ring Road, a highway that marks the boundaries of the Russian capital.
30 mins
An anthropological study of a cargo cult in a fictitious self-marginalized commune, which existed next to the Moscow Ring Road - a highway that marks the boundaries of the Russian capital - and survived mainly on roadside trash. Although the road provided for their basic needs, the existence of the commune was extremely precarious and highly dependent on the roadway's fluctuations. This dependency led them to develop a cargo cult of the road.
Semen Levinson
Child
Danila Savelianov
Road worker
Anna Kharatian
Tribeswoman
Vasilisa Nabatova
Tribeswoman
Alexei Abramov
Tribesman
Nina Davydova
Tribeswoman
Timur Belousov-Rogovskiy
Camera Operator
Pavel Kostylev
Scientific Consultant
Andrei Zvetkov
Sound Recordist
Valeria Oleynik
Location Assistant
Ivan Semchenkov
Location Assistant
Jean Langford
Scientific Consultant
Victor Garadja
Scientific Consultant
Emile Durkheim
Scientific Consultant
Bronislaw Malinowsi
Scientific Consultant
Simon Shuster
Translator
David Riff
Staff Writer
Evgeny Alexandrov
Scientific Consultant