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Title: Kin-Dza-Dza

Date: 18.5.2008
Time: 20:00
Location: Under Konstruktion
Free entrance

Director: Georgi Daneliya
Year: 1986
Country: Soviet Union
Language: Russian
Subs: English
Runtime, min: 128
Genre: Comedy, Sci-fi

The story takes place on the desert planet "Pluk" in the "Kin-dza-dza" galaxy, where two previously non-familiar Soviet humans - "Uncle Vova", a gruff construction foreman from Moscow, and "The Fiddler", a student from Georgia - are stranded due to an accidental encounter with an alien teleportation device. The movie describes their long quest to find a way back home.

The natives of the planet appear human, with deceptively primitive-looking technology and a barbaric culture, which satirically resembles that of humans. They are telepathic; the only spoken words normally used in their culture are “koo” and “kew”, the latter being a swear word. However, they are able to quickly adapt to understand and speak Russian. The society of Pluk is divided into two categories: Chatlanians and Patsaks. Chatlanians are privileged, and a system of rituals must be followed by the Patsaks to show flattery. The basis of their difference is unexplainable (a source of a humorous episode), and for all practical matters they are distinguished with aid of a small handheld device (visator).

The only group empowered to use weapons (“tranklukators”) and enforce their will is the ecilops. The nominal leader of the Plukanian society is named PG; everybody makes their best to display fervent worship to him, but, when encountered in person, he appears harmless and dumb. The fuel of Pluk is called lootz and is made from water. All naturally present water has apparently been processed into lootz, so drinking water is a valuable commodity (in fact, it can only be made from lootz).

A good deal of the plot is based the fact that ordinary wooden matchsticks (ketse) (or, rather, the chemicals of the match head) are considered to be extremely precious on Pluk.

Watch trailer:
» http://youtube.com/watch?v=A3qEBXoeqNI

Links
» http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3420889/
» http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kin_dza_dza