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to foreigners during the Cold War. It looks like we weren’t missing much. The post-industrial Vladivostok is positioned as something like Vladimir (Vova) and Kisa are two knock-around meat-headed thugs, who have done pretty well by doing the di*ty work of Shamir, an up-and-coming gangster. Initially, their latest as*ignment sounds like fun: shadowing Shamir’s hard-partying gi*lfriend as she hops from night spot to night spot. However, Vova draws a line in the sand when they are told to administer a beating in punishment for her Vova wants to go straight, but the crooked system constantly pushes him back towards the thug life. Isn’t that always the way? Plus, the self-destructive Kisa is always going to be a destabilizing influence. Do you think Vova might agree to do him one last solid? All the archetypes are here. There are two potential love interests: Sonya, a singer in the choral group led by Vova’s mother, who represents purity, and Lida, the nouveau riche scenester Vova meets during their shadow work, who stands for te*ptation. Plus, there is Kisa, Vova’s tragically flawed brother-from-another-mother and his own long-suffering mom. Frankly, it is all a little too familiar, even though the crummy Vladivostok setting adds a new, cinematic wrinkle, with its abandoned Soviet-era industrial projects and the grand architecture of its ultra-modern, people-dwarfing bay bridges. Maybe it is a great place to live and rise a family, but Nueva certainly makes it look chilly and grim. underclas* at a time when the state news agencies are trying to convince the citizenry they are living in a golden age. You also have to give Nueva credit for taking on the unsympathetic role of Lida, instead of the virtuous Sonya. (Presumably, Nueva is a draw in her own skid row, instead of being cast because they are well known Russian actors. Nueva is also quite intriguing as Lida, but her subplot. RUSSIAN FILM WEEK ‘18: ANNA KARENINA. VRONSKY’S STORY. that happened in St. Petersburg are still quite faithful to Tolstoy’s novel. The wrap-around segments are based on the