Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
January 31, 2025 1:06 PM - Subscribe
[TRAILER] Two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other are transported to the planet Pluke in the Kin-Dza-Dza galaxy due to a chance encounter with an alien teleportation device. They must come to grips with a language barrier and Plukian social norms (not to mention the laws of space and time) if they ever hope to return to Earth. A deadpan, absurdist Rusisan sci-fi comedy form 1986, about alien cultures even more haphazard and WTF? than our own, the film is also a savage satire of bureaucratic idiocy and dysfunction no matter what political system you’re living under – or what planet you’re living on.
Russian title: Кин-дза-дза!
Starring Stanislav Lyubshin, Yevgeni Leonov, Yury Yakovlev, Levan Gabriadze.
Directed by Georgiy Daneliya. Written by Georgiy Daneliya, Revaz Gabriadze. Cinematography by Pavel Lebeshev. Edited by Natalya Dobrunova. Music by Gia Kancheli. Distributed by Sovexportfilm.
3.8/5 average on Letterboxd.
Currently streaming in the US via Hoopla. Find current streaming options for your streaming services and area via the film's JustWatch listing.
Russian title: Кин-дза-дза!
Starring Stanislav Lyubshin, Yevgeni Leonov, Yury Yakovlev, Levan Gabriadze.
Directed by Georgiy Daneliya. Written by Georgiy Daneliya, Revaz Gabriadze. Cinematography by Pavel Lebeshev. Edited by Natalya Dobrunova. Music by Gia Kancheli. Distributed by Sovexportfilm.
3.8/5 average on Letterboxd.
Currently streaming in the US via Hoopla. Find current streaming options for your streaming services and area via the film's JustWatch listing.
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Essentially, it's a satire of human (but especially Soviet) social rituals and hierarchy. A fun time and full of weird laughs. I wish it could have been a little shorter for this kind of humor, but I am not sure what I would cut.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 1:28 PM on January 31