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Quick Info

Rating

6.5/10

Release1989

Runtime0h 4m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Movie

ACT

1989

0h 4m

6.5

Comedy

Documentary

Music

History

Synopsis

Several fragments of one day in Leningrad in the autumn of 1989, refracted in the imagination of the artist.

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