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Cargo 200
Russia, 89 minutes, Russian w/ English subtitles

Cargo 200 is the military term stamped on the crates that ship home the bodies of Soviet soldiers killed in war. Perestroika is on the way, the Soviet Era is coming to an end, and the USSR is bogged down in Afghanistan. The free-spirited daughter of a Communist Party Secretary disappears after having a few too many drinks. There are no witnesses. As the investigators attempt to solve the crive, Balabanov reveals how a corrupt system can lead to a corrupt citizenry, and how bureaucratic rot can infect even the seemingly innocent. Part police procedural, part thriller, part horror film, and all political allegory, Cargo 200 is Balabanov’s harshest indictment of the former Soviet rulers. In Russian, with English subtitles.

Director: Alexey Balabanov
Cast: Agniya Kuznetsova, Aleksei Polyuan, Leonid Gromov
Format: 35MM
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War