| Genre: | Art/Foreign |
| Year: | 1989 |
| Rating: | ? |
| Length: | 153 min |
| Country: | Russia |
| Cast: | Olga Antonova
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Natasha
Sergei Popov (I)
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Nikolai
Galina Zakhurdayeva
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Masha (Blonde)
Natalya Budko
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Masha (Brunette)
Alexandra Svenskaya
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Teacher
Pavel Polischuk
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Iunikov
Natalya Ralleva
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Mother
Galina Kasperovich
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Nikolai's Wife
Viktor Aristov (II)
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School Principal
Nikolai Semyonov
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Head Doctor |
| Credits: | By Kira Muratova. |
| Awards: | Winner of the Silver Bear, Berlin Film Festival 1989
Berlin International Film Festival
Silver Berlin Bear , Category : Special Jury Prize (1990) |
This controversial film follows the vicissitudes of a middle-aged teacher afflicted with a psyche that suffers from every aspect of the Soviet system and human behavior in general. His response: to fall asleep. In a film within the film, a doctor grieves for the death of her husband. Her response: to attack everything and everyone around her. THE ASTHENIC SYNDROME sketches a culture in a state of confusion, a kaleidoscopic vision of a society in decay, and a painful picture of human detachment and world imperfection. Though admittedly bleak, it has an intensity that will penetrate your soul - an indescribably moving experience.
Russian with English subtitles.
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