The read
It runs long at 3h 39m.
Synopsis
In an ordinary industrial Soviet town, notable only for presence of a radio-telescope, people start behaving strangely, in a robotic manner, while assuming geometry-inspired aliases and organizing into a new hierarchy. The phenomenon spreads via a device of alien origin, called “the mediator”, capable of implanting extraterrestrial minds into human bodies. The aliens are bound by limitations of the terrestrial technology, having to use the means at the disposal of humans to prepare the grounds for the full-scale invasion. With “the mediator" being unable to subdue minds of children, lunatics, geniuses, and rebels, a struggle over the fate of the town and the human civilization ensues.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
18 audience votes
Key crew
- Vladimir PotapovDirector
- Alexander MirerScreenplay
- Vladimir ChekasinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Evgeniy RedkoVakhitov
- Olesya SudzilovskayaNastya
- Andrey TarasenkoSergei
- Daria SidorinaDasha
- Denis ChlenovZhenya
- Inara SluckaZamyatina
- Valeriy StorozhikZamyatin
- Algis MatulionisKiselyov
- Vilor KuznetsovChernov
- Stanislav ZhitaryovRubchenko
- Valeriya UstinovaDasha's Mother
- Ivan PilipenkoTaxi Driver