Intimnie mesta

The debut film of the scriptwriters Natasha Merkulova and Alexey Chupovopens opens with the shot of a naked male body being prepared for cremation. A photographer, he used to take pictures of people’s intimate parts, photos they would give to loved ones or keep for themselves to overcome their own sexual inhibitions. The film unravels the sexual frustrations of the man’s friends and customers, who now attend his funeral, including a particularly frustrated bureaucrat boldly portrayed by Julia Aug, who previously starred in Alexey Fedorchenko’s OVSYANKI (SILENT SOULS).