Under Electric Clouds
A Film by Alexey German Jr.
2015 - Russia/Ukraine/Poland - Drama - DCP - 2.35 - 137 min.
with Louis Franck , Merab Ninidze , Viktoriya Korotkova & Chulpan Khamatova
Language: Russian
Produced by Sergey Antonov & Egor Olesov and Dariusz Jablonski
Russia, 2017. The world is on the verge of a great war. Evolving around an unfinished building, people struggle to find their place in this collapsing society, making up the mosaic of existence that is life itself.
Competition
Official Selection
Film Festival 2015
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