Pyotr KHAZIZOV Петр ХАЗИЗОВ Piotr KHAZIZOV   Russia, 2005, 70 mn  Colour, fiction

Manga ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Манга    Manga  Manga

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Plot synopsis

In contemporary Moscow strange things are in the air: a reckless youth can turn invisible at will; a beautiful model seemingly materializes in the street beneath her likeness illuminated on a billboard, and all of this may be generated by a video game in the possession of a pseudo intellectual into whose car the model pours herself before collapsing, thus bringing together the fates of all three. The plot seems kind of unconnected, as it should be: the Japanese titles tell us that man-ga means picture at random, and the film delivers superb, stylish , slick and colorful sequences, pulsing to an eclectic well composed sound track and edited in a way reminiscent of the best high-tech adverts. The one and only truly independent Russian film, "MANGA" looks at the today's urban world of Moscow on its way to becoming a global capital, and investigates the psychological, emotional and physical tensions resulting from that process.
Source : www.seagullfilms.com

 

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Commentaries and bibliography

Petr Khazizov : Manga (2005), José ALANIZ, kinokultura.com, 2006

 

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Selected in the following festivals :

- Utopiales : international science fiction festival, Nantes (France), 2006

- Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam (Netherlands), 2006

- International debut film festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2006

- Film Festival of CIS countries, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia "Kinoshock", Anapa (Russia), 2005

- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2005

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