Cargo 200

Bad Soviet Memories Keep on Curdling

Art house meets grind house in “Cargo 200,” Alexey Balabanov’s morbidly compelling thriller set in the Soviet Union.
It is 1984, the economy and the party are collapsing, and the bodies of slain Soviet soldiers — code-named Cargo 200 — arrive regularly from the war in Afghanistan. Seeking distraction, a number of loosely related characters stray into the countryside, where dancing, drinking and unreliable vehicles kick-start a tale of unpredictable jeopardy and escalating depravity. [...]

di Jeannette Catsoulis, articolo completo (1425 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 2 gennaio 2009