MY JOY

Directed by Sergei Loznitsa
Germany/Ukraine/Netherlands, 127 minutes
Foreign/Drama
Print courtesy of Kino Lorber
SUN OCT 16 @ 7:45PM | Salem Cinema
THURS OCT 20 @ 6:30PM | Salem Cinema

Shot by master cinematographer Oleg Muto (The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days), My Joy, the first fiction film by acclaimed documentarian Sergei Loznitsa, is a mischievous, ultra-nihilistic parable of post-Communist Russia. When truck driver Georgi takes a wrong turn and finds himself lost in a bleak Russian underworld, he is suddenly caught in a spiral of violence and abuses of power. Sucked into the everyday madness of his country, losing his health and memory in the process, Georgi struggles to survive amidst increasingly vehement reminders of the country’s dark past. Touted as one of the most unexpected and arresting pics in the main competition at Cannes, My Joy is an edgy, grossly exagerrated and impressive dark fable akin to a sadistic, startling Russian Twilight Zone.

Filmography: The Settlement (02), Landscape (03),
Blockade (06), Sweet Sixties (08), Revue (08)