
Mad Mimes
The film is a study of the mimetic practices in a fictitious self-marginalized commune located next to the Moscow Ring Road, a highway that marks the boundaries of the Russian capital.
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.
Cast

Arseny Zhilyaev
Anthropologist

Varvara Gevorgizova
Tribeswoman

Andrey Golovin
Policeman

Valentin Fetisov
Ritual assistant

Daniil Zinchenko
Tribesman

Pavel Grozin
Road worker

Tanya Lazareva
Tribeswoman, mother of two

Maximillian Roganov
Road engineer

Sergey Pakhomov
Shaman

Alexander Evangely
Anthropologist

Oksana Sarkisyan
Sociologist

Anton Nikolaev
Pizdariki (Voice)

Mikhail Maximov
Tribesman

Boris Kashapov
Tribesman (voice)

Alexandra Obukhova
Historian of religions