WORM

After a promising start, Sergej deviates from the route mapped out for him. He joined the army, like his father before him, even if the old man calls his son an “intellectual”. But the very day before his promotion to the rank of colonel, Sergej makes a break for freedom, and starts to wander through his homeland. This modern Russian vagrant encounters all kinds of people: drunks, whores, itinerant preachers, and even Little Red Riding-Hood. With the authorities breathing down his neck, the deserter holds out in a country reeking of corruption, criminality, and violence – but at some point realizes he cannot shirk his responsibilities. The chaotic condition of society is reflected by Muradov’s short, dynamic cuts, by shifting temporal planes and rapid shifts from black-and-white to colour. international premiere.