The Secret Aesthetics of the Martian Spies

(1997)

Year: 1997

Runtime: 211 мин

Country: Russia

Director: Svetlana Baskova, Олег Мавроматти

Cast: Сергей Пахомов, Александр Маслаев, Сергей Сальников, Дмитрий Пименов

Plot

Martian Spies tells a love story between a boy who pretends to be a terrorist and a young girl, who is the wife of a KGB agent. The boy tells her that he has been hired to shoot the president – Yeltsin. The end is poetic yet addressing the politics of revenge and corruption in Russia. Miners stand in front of their mine, singing a song, which tells the story of contemporary Russian politics.