Private Project

Dead Poets Cafe (directors cut)

This Movie is about the Hero of our time, a man 42 years old, who rushes between home, work, lover and prostitutes. The protagonist Nicholas - 'middle Manager' dreaming of a career. With his wife he lives more out of habit and a lover stupid like a cork. His tyrannical chief, colleagues irritate him. He is overwhelmed by simple human passions-a thirst for success in business, recognition and happiness in personal life. All these small and large vicissitudes he experiences in his dreams, where everything appears in an absurd form and violated the usual logic. All the story consists of his dreams only. Every time he wakes up in a new dream, so he doesn't have a way out, they are quite close to his real life.

  • Vladimir Malinko
    Director
  • Vladimir Malinko
    Writer
  • Vladimir Malinko
    Producer
  • Victoria Mukher
    Producer
  • Dmitry Kapshivy
    Producer
  • Nikolay PERMINOV
    Key Cast
    "Nikolay, clown"
  • Pavel MOROZOV
    Key Cast
    "Boss"
  • Vyacheslav GULIVITSKY
    Key Cast
    "colleague"
  • Olga OSTROUMOVA-GUTSCHMIDT
    Key Cast
    "Secretary"
  • Daria POGODINA
    Key Cast
    "Wife"
  • Kristina LIKHACHEVA
    Key Cast
    "Lover"
  • Natalya LESNIKOVSKAYA
    Key Cast
    "Prostitute"
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    drama, comedy, surrealism
  • Runtime:
    2 hours 30 minutes 1 second
  • Completion Date:
    January 15, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    100,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Russian Federation
  • Country of Filming:
    Russian Federation
  • Language:
    Russian
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Vladimir Malinko

36 YO Theater & Film director from Moscow, Russia. Run it's own experimental theater & film production. Formely was an actor playing in theaters, after I was making video-art movies and a DOP. Have two degrees: one in film direction and the other - theater director.

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Director Statement

This project is filmed as a reconstruction of the genre "surrealism" which was founded by Louis Bunuel. Attempt to understand and to lift modern drama in this rare and almost lost genre.