Inzeen-malina (2007)

Inzeyen'-Malina is the feature film about modern Russia, human relations, and the discrepancy of the Russian soul. It is a treatise on emptiness with elements of absurdity. There are few dialogues, but it is full of humor and light grief. Eight independent short stories are connected by one character: Alexey Pankratov, Head of Cultural Department of Inza district. It is the drama of a talented young man who aspires to be pulled from the world of a surrounding reality. He tries to fill his ordinary provincial life with spiritual events. Alexey is an admirer of Marc Chagall and even tries to paint like him. He is a close friend of well-known naive painter Katya Medvedeva, played by herself. She tells Alexey: "Just close your eyes, Lesha, and repeat this magic word: IN-ZE-YEN'..." He closes his eyes and hears a peal in that magic darkness. Each hero of all 8 film novellas helps to discover an interesting deep personality of Alexey. This film is for your every sense.