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202043 minPGdocumentary

Social Inequality

Vosman

202043 minPGdocumentary

Andrei, known as Vosman, navigates life on the eighth floor of a Moscow panel house, reflecting on socialization and urban culture's complexities.

Social Inequality

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Vladimir Stekachyov

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Andrei, known as Vosman, navigates life on the eighth floor of a Moscow panel house, reflecting on socialization and urban culture's complexities.

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Vladimir Stekachyovdirector

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An essay about a guy Andrei, aka Vosman, Vosmorych, who lives on the eighth floor of a panel house in a residential area of Moscow. The film is an attempt to portray the complexity of socialization, purposelessness of existence and grassroots urban culture.

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