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.

Discover

Pavel Grozin

Road worker

Alexander Evangely

Anthropologist

Alexandra Obukhova

Historian of religions

Arseny Zhilyaev

Anthropologist

Oksana Sarkisyan

Sociologist

Mikhail Maximov

Tribesman

Tanya Lazareva

Tribeswoman, mother of two

Anton Nikolaev

Pizdariki (Voice)

Andrey Golovin

Policeman

Maximillian Roganov

Road engineer

Valentin Fetisov

Ritual assistant

Boris Kashapov

Tribesman (voice)

Danila Savelianov

Road worker

Anna Kharatian

Tribeswoman

Vasilisa Nabatova

Tribeswoman

Alexei Abramov

Tribesman

Nina Davydova

Tribeswoman

Art

Varvara Gevorgizova

Art Direction

Vladimir Arkhipov

Prop Designer

Jean Rouch

Property Builder

Margarita Kariuk

Storyboard Artist

Camera

Margarita Kariuk

Director of Photography

Dimitri Venkov

Camera Operator

Timur Belousov-Rogovskiy

Camera Operator

Daniil Zinchenko

Camera Operator

Crew

Pavel Kostylev

Scientific Consultant

Alexandrina Vanke

Scientific Consultant

Victor Garadja

Scientific Consultant

Emile Durkheim

Scientific Consultant

Jean Langford

Scientific Consultant

Simon Shuster

Translator

Michael Taussig

Scientific Consultant

Bronislaw Malinowsi

Scientific Consultant

Evgeny Alexandrov

Scientific Consultant

Directing

Dimitri Venkov

Director

Mircea Eliade

Script Supervisor

Claude Lévi-Strauss

Script Supervisor

Editing

Production

Alexander Evangely

Script Researcher

Sofya Gavrilova

Location Assistant

Ivan Semchenkov

Location Assistant

Valeria Oleynik

Location Assistant

Petr Laden

Location Manager

Sound

Andrei Zvetkov

Sound Recordist

Victoria Chupahina

Sound Recordist

Antonina Baever

Sound Recordist

Anton Kuryshev

Sound Mixer

Writing

Dimitri Venkov

Screenplay

Leonid Studenikin

Script Consultant

Evgenia Demina

Script Consultant

Andrei Tutorsky

Script Consultant

Oleg Aronson

Script Consultant

Valeri Podoroga

Script Consultant

Kirill Preobrazhensky

Script Consultant

David Riff

Staff Writer

Art

Varvara Gevorgizova

Art Direction

Vladimir Arkhipov

Prop Designer

Jean Rouch

Property Builder

Margarita Kariuk

Storyboard Artist

Camera

Margarita Kariuk

Director of Photography

Dimitri Venkov

Camera Operator

Timur Belousov-Rogovskiy

Camera Operator

Daniil Zinchenko

Camera Operator

Crew

Pavel Kostylev

Scientific Consultant

Alexandrina Vanke

Scientific Consultant

Victor Garadja

Scientific Consultant

Emile Durkheim

Scientific Consultant

Jean Langford

Scientific Consultant

Simon Shuster

Translator

Michael Taussig

Scientific Consultant

Bronislaw Malinowsi

Scientific Consultant

Evgeny Alexandrov

Scientific Consultant

Directing

Dimitri Venkov

Director

Mircea Eliade

Script Supervisor

Claude Lévi-Strauss

Script Supervisor

Editing

Production

Alexander Evangely

Script Researcher

Sofya Gavrilova

Location Assistant

Ivan Semchenkov

Location Assistant

Valeria Oleynik

Location Assistant

Petr Laden

Location Manager

Sound

Andrei Zvetkov

Sound Recordist

Victoria Chupahina

Sound Recordist

Antonina Baever

Sound Recordist

Anton Kuryshev

Sound Mixer

Writing

Dimitri Venkov

Screenplay

Leonid Studenikin

Script Consultant

Evgenia Demina

Script Consultant

Andrei Tutorsky

Script Consultant

Oleg Aronson

Script Consultant

Valeri Podoroga

Script Consultant

Kirill Preobrazhensky

Script Consultant

David Riff

Staff Writer