2015 · drama · sci-fi
Under Electric Clouds
Directed by Aleksei German Jr.2h 17m2015
Russia 2017. The world could be on the verge of a great war. People are anxious that things could fall apart. Evolving around an unfinished building, a diverse group of outsiders struggle to find their place in this rapidly changing society, making up the mosaic of existence that is life itself…
Our read: Under Electric Clouds (2015) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- inventive
- signature
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