A Fassbinder fanatic vs. one stubborn doorman. The most Soviet gatekeeping ever committed to film.
A movie buff desperately wants to enter a theater to see a Fassbinder film but the doorman will not let him go because he has no ticket. The film is the confrontation between the two that ends with happy end.
Writing
Dialogue so circular you'll scream at the screen.
Direction
Two directors, one obsessive vision, zero chill.
Production
Shot on real Soviet streets with real Soviet attitude.
Director
Aleksandr Dulerayn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the chaotic post-Soviet transition, this short captures the absurdity of systems collapsing while petty bureaucracies survive.
Directors Dulerayn and Koryagin later founded Russia's first music TV channel; this was their cinephile origin story.
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