Sirens drone over the city, announcing a state of emergency involving “disturbance of the electromagnetic field”, while individuals clandestinely fiddle with soldered bits of leftover technology. The cyberpunk mode of dystopian science fiction did not end in the 1990s; thanks to the pandemic and other crises, it’s back – with a vengeance. Alexandra Karelina’s film, superbly shot by Egor Protsko, treats this genre in an experimental way, flashing cryptic images and offering bottomless scenarios of social breakdown.
– Adrian Martin
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Entrance Wounds
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Alien0089
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Film details
- Country of production
- Russia
- Year
- 2023
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 33'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
