Mad Mimes backdrop

Mad Mimes 2012 Directed by Dimitri Venkov Безумные подражатели

The film is a study of the mimetic practices in a fictitious self-marginalized commune located next to the Moscow Ring Road, a highway that marks the boundaries of the Russian capital.

An anthropological study of a cargo cult in a fictitious self-marginalized commune, which existed next to the Moscow Ring Road - a highway that marks the boundaries of the Russian capital - and survived mainly on roadside trash. Although the road provided for their basic needs, the existence of the commune was extremely precarious and highly dependent on the roadway's fluctuations. This dependency led them to develop a cargo cult of the road.

Country Russia
Production Country Russia
Language Russian
Spoken Languages Russian , Volapük
Production Company VVERKH!
Budget $2,000
Revenue $10,000
Release Date 15 June 2012
30 mins
Cast
Pavel Grozin Road worker
Alexander Evangely Anthropologist
Alexandra Obukhova Historian of religions
Arseny Zhilyaev Anthropologist
Oksana Sarkisyan Sociologist
Mikhail Maximov Tribesman
Tanya Lazareva Tribeswoman, mother of two
Anton Nikolaev Pizdariki (Voice)
Andrey Golovin Policeman
Maximillian Roganov Road engineer
Valentin Fetisov Ritual assistant
Boris Kashapov Tribesman (voice)
Danila Savelianov Road worker
Anna Kharatian Tribeswoman
Vasilisa Nabatova Tribeswoman
Alexei Abramov Tribesman
Nina Davydova Tribeswoman