Target - The zone of eternal youth
| Movie | |
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| German title | Target - The zone of eternal youth |
| Original title | Russian Мишень , transcribed mixing |
| Country of production | Russia |
| original language | Russian |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 154 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Alexander Seldovich |
| script | Alexander Seldovich |
| production | Dmitry Lesnevsky |
| music | Leonid Desjatnikov |
| camera | Alexander Ilchowski |
| cut | Neil Farrell, Andrei Nazarov |
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Target - The Zone of Eternal Youth (original title: Russian Мишень , English transcription Mishen ) is a Russian film drama directed by Alexander Seldowitsch from 2011. The film contains science fiction elements and deals with the dream of eternal youth. Philosophical discourses are integrated into the plot.
The production was performed in 2011 as part of the Berlinale .
action
The film takes place in a futuristic Russia. The marriage of the Minister of Natural Resources, Viktor, who calls himself the Tsar of the Mountains , and his wife Soja has lost its passion. Her brother Mitja is a successful television presenter. Together with the policeman and horse jockey Nikolaj, they make their way to an abandoned astrophysical complex in the Asian steppe. In the remote place called Type B Municipal Settlement , they meet Taja and Anna, go to the research facility and achieve the state of eternal youth .
The protagonists experience an increasing brutality of their characters in the further course. Wiktor tries in vain to revive the relationship with his wife Soja, instead projects his emotions onto Taja and experiences a personal change that extends to violence, abuse of power and alcohol. Soja feels drawn to Nikolaj. She accompanies him on a police operation. Both slide into a spiral of violence and passion. Mitja's television presentations are becoming increasingly provocative. After letting candidates drink his own blood, he loses his job. Taja stopped her aging process 30 years ago and is meeting her former partner again.
Scenic details
Glasses are often used to help distinguish between good and bad . A red perspective is positive , a blue contrast negative - what criteria this classification is, is discussed in more detail.
criticism
The television broadcaster 3sat comments “In Target - The Zone of Eternal Youth , Alexander Seldowitsch paints the picture of an apparently ideal future. By deconstructing this illusion, he also shows the price for it: a radical consumer and control society with fascist features. "
Awards (selection)
The production has received several international nominations and in 2012 won the Russian film award Nika for the best music .
Web links
- Target - The zone of eternal youth in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Target - The Zone of Eternal Youth. Berlinale, accessed on January 18, 2015 .
- ↑ Target - The Zone of Eternal Youth. 3sat, accessed January 18, 2015 .
- ↑ Award (IMDB). IMDB, accessed January 18, 2015 .