Mad Mimes

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.

Cast

Daniil Zinchenko

Daniil Zinchenko

as Tribesman

Pavel Grozin

Pavel Grozin

as Road worker

Alexander Evangely

Alexander Evangely

as Anthropologist

Alexandra Obukhova

Alexandra Obukhova

as Historian of religions

Arseny Zhilyaev

Arseny Zhilyaev

as Anthropologist

Oksana Sarkisyan

Oksana Sarkisyan

as Sociologist

Mikhail Maximov

Mikhail Maximov

as Tribesman

Varvara Gevorgizova

Varvara Gevorgizova

as Tribeswoman

Tanya Lazareva

Tanya Lazareva

as Tribeswoman, mother of two

Anton Nikolaev

Anton Nikolaev

as Pizdariki (Voice)

Reviews

Dimitri_Venkov

Dimitri Venkov in conversation with Alexandra MacGilp for Cannibal Manifest exhibition catalogue AM: What inspired The Mad Mimes and how did it develop while you were making it? ​ DV: One of the lasting impressions of my formative years was a discovery of Jean Rouch’s ethno-fictions. Th...

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