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The Different One

The Different One

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1989

Runtime

0h 18m

Original Title

Иной

Production Companies

The High Courses of Script Writers and Film Directors (HCFDS), Dovzhenko Film Studios

Director

Serhii Masloboishchykov

Description

The protagonist has an existential hatred for a fellow soldier, who forces his friendship on him. Antipathy is replaced by mutual obsession, which has irreversible consequences. Masloboishchykov’s second film school project, which screened at Semaine de la critique, is based on the short novel Lagoftalm by the lesser-known writer, Dmitry Bakin. The military setting is conveyed through a combination of aggressive tensity and comic music, making it look and seem more like a prison or a madhouse.