According to ancient legend, the artist found a mineral that can revive any inanimate thing. To hide the mineral, he inserts it into a doll named Hagi. A century later, Hagi falls into the hands of a puppeteer, and he with horror discovers that the old doll is alive. Moreover, she also has a nasty character. Criminals try to take possession of it in order to use it for mercenary purposes. But they do not know the secrets of this doll - no one can take possession of it, but it has a destructive effect on any person who falls within its influence.
Practical Effects
Hagi's physical puppetry is gloriously unhinged and deeply cursed.
Costume
The doll's design: vintage nightmare fuel with permanent side-eye.
Director
Eldor Urazbaev
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Post-Soviet horror often weaponized folk objects against capitalist greed; Hagi embodies that exact anxiety.
Georgiy Vitsin — beloved Soviet comedic actor — plays against type here; his casting as doomed criminal boss was deliberately disorienting.
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