Leonid Mashinskiy

The film tells about the protagonist's unexpected journey into his own subconscious, where, after going through a series of adventures and transformations, he eventually acquires a "self", turning, in fact, into a Hero. At the same time, the "The Land of Amanitas" symbolizes the Motherland, Russia, inside and out, with all its strange inhabitants, horrors and beauties.

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The film tells about the protagonist's unexpected journey into his own subconscious, where, after going through a series of adventures and transformations, he eventually acquires a "self", turning, in fact, into a Hero. At the same time, the "The Land of Amanitas" symbolizes the Motherland, Russia, inside and out, with all its strange inhabitants, horrors and beauties.

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The film is about the complicated and even paradoxical relationships in the world of academic music. The character of Aleksandr Maslaev represents the Maestro, a kind of modern Mozart, wallowing in corruption, plagiarism, and envy. Once a talented composer, he's totally lost his gift and cynically buys new music from young composers, then plays it under his own name. Yet, the Maestro does not close this chain, for everyone pays his debts...

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The Soviet Russia of old is an immobile head without a body that appears in various locations, clashing with the morals and sentiments of a modern rich man. This man seeks advise from the head but finds that it is annoyingly unresponsive or unhelpful as it sends him on various missions and tests. At times he uses violence or oral rape to get what he wants until he grows too exasperated. Most of the movie consists of improvised dialogue or rants, and meandering scenes in a weapons shop, a railway, and a meeting where the man performs a bizarre magic performance with chickens, eggs and a cardboard box..

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The film tells about the protagonist's unexpected journey into his own subconscious, where, after going through a series of adventures and transformations, he eventually acquires a "self", turning, in fact, into a Hero. At the same time, the "The Land of Amanitas" symbolizes the Motherland, Russia, inside and out, with all its strange inhabitants, horrors and beauties.

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