Izobrazhaya Zhertvu

Alternative title: Playing the Victim
Synopsis: Feature film. Black comedy, the sub-plot offering a loose adaptation of Hamlet. Tells the story of a university graduate, Valya (Chursin) who impersonates victims in crime-scene reconstructions. Valya feels he is drowning as his absurd life goes from one terrible crime scene to another. Suddenly he has a vision: his deceased father comes to him in his sleep and tells the truth - he was poisoned by his own wife and her lover, who is now Valya’s uncle...
Language: Russian
Country: Russian Federation
Medium: Film
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 2006
Notes: Note: the copy from amazon.com is a Russian import coded Region 5.0.
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)