A boy's diary of violence that'll make you want to shower after watching.
A recorded play based on "Plasticine" by Vasily Sigarev.
Acting
Kuzichev's Max is feral, wounded, unforgettable.
Direction
Serebrennikov's claustrophobic staging amplifies the suffocation.
Writing
Sigarev's dialogue punches harder than most action films.
Director
Kirill Serebrennikov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sigarev wrote this at 22, part of Russia's 'New Drama' movement that rejected polished literary theatre for documentary-style working-class voices. The play scandalized Moscow's theatrical establishment in 2002.
Serebrennikov filmed this during his early theatre period, before his controversial house arrest and Putin-era conflicts. The static camera and bare set were budget necessity that became artistic choice—trapping viewers with Max in his suffocating world.
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