The Asthenic Syndrome
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Writer Aleksandr Chernykh , Sergei Popov Release date February 1990 (1990-02) Initial release August 1990 (Soviet Union) Cast Natalya Buzko, Olga Antonova, Sergei Popov Similar movies Related Kira Muratova movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Asthenic Syndrome (Russian: Астенический синдром, Astenicheskiy sindrom) is a 1990 Soviet drama film directed by Kira Muratova. It was entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize.
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The asthenic syndrome
Plot
The film consists of two unrelated stories: one is shot in black-and-white and the other in colour.
In the first story a woman who recently buried her husband is in a constant state of depression (and sometimes even direct aggression) ends up facing people like her, who are on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
The hero of the second story is a school teacher. As a result of personal predicaments and problems at work he has gotten the Asthenic Syndrome – he falls asleep at the most inappropriate times. He is admitted to the hospital for the mentally ill where he gains the understanding that the people around him there are not any crazier than those who live in freedom. After some time he is released and he ends up falling asleep on the subway. The empty wagon takes away the sleeping man into a dark tunnel.
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References
The Asthenic Syndrome WikipediaThe Asthenic Syndrome IMDbThe Asthenic Syndrome themoviedb.org