Gruz 200 (2007)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Aleksey Balabanov

Writer:

Aleksey Balabanov (writer)

Release Date:

14 June 2007 (Russia)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A young woman is taken hostage by a police officer and subsequently abused by the lawman gone mad. |

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Rape | Soviet Afghanistan War | Kidnapping | Murder

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Agniya Kuznetsova	...	Angelika
Aleksei Poluyan	...	Captain Zhurov
Leonid Gromov	...	Artem, Professor of Scientific Atheism
Aleksey Serebryakov	...	Aleksey
Leonid Bichevin	...	Valera
Natalya Akimova	...	Antonina, Aleksey's Wife
Yuri Stepanov	...	Mikhail, Colonel
Mikhail Skryabin	...	Sunka
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sergei Aleksandrov
Valentina Andryukova
Konstantin Balakirev
Aleksandr Bashirov	...	Skinny Alcoholic
Alyona Falaleyeva
Yuliya Glazunova
Dmitri Karpov
Marina Korolkova
Dmitry Kubasov
Igor Malukhin
Lyalya Miropolskaya
Andrei Mokeyev
Aleksandr Mosin
Anzhelika Nevolina
Mariya Nikiforova
Ilya Plyatskovsky
Irina Rakshina
Mikhail Sokolov
Aleksandr Ustinov
Lyudmila Yegorova
Pavel Yulku

Also Known As:

Cargo 200 (International: English title) (USA) (new title)
Груз 200 (Russia)
Freight 200 (International: English title)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Hong Kong:III | Singapore:M18 | New Zealand:R18 | Italy:VM14

Company:

Kinokompaniya CTB

Trivia:

Leonid Bichevin lied that he knew how to drive to be cast for the part of Valera. A stuntman from the crew taught him on the set.

A shocking film

Balabanov's films are always aggressive. This one is a prominent dramatic film about the last years of the Soviet Union. Of course, many people say it is a horrible movie. Yes it is, but c'est la vie, our life is horrible and it is snobbish to argue with it. It is like a cold shower. The soundtrack is excellent, the actors are good enough, and the views of a decaying town are dreadfully beautiful. You really must see this movie if you still think our ex-country was a cool place to live. One of the best Balabanov's films. It is much better than 'Of Freaks and Men' because here the shocking effect is made not just to make people feel bad but to understand our rotten reality. Russian films become better and better