The Secret Aesthetics of the Martian Spies

Overview

Martian Spies tells a love story between a boy who pretends to be a terrorist and a young girl, who is the wife of a KGB agent. The boy tells her that he has been hired to shoot the president – Yeltsin. The end is poetic yet addressing the politics of revenge and corruption in Russia. Miners stand in front of their mine, singing a song, which tells the story of contemporary Russian politics.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 11, 1997

Original language

Russian

Cast

Sergey Pakhomov,Dmitrij Pimenov,Sergey Salnikov,Aleksandr Maslaev

Director

Oleg Mavromatti,Svetlana Baskova

Writer

Oleg Mavromatti,Dmitrij Pimenov,Sergey Salnikov

Producer

Sergey Salnikov

Cinematography

Oleg Mavromatti

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt12579896