Bonkers Soviet time travel fest

“Two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other are transported to the planet Pluke in the Kin-dza-da galaxy due to a chance encounter with an alien teleportation device. They must come to grips with a language barrier and Plukian social norms (not to mention the laws of space and time) if they ever hope to return to Earth.”

Yeah this film is as batshit crazy as the synopsis suggests. It’s a little like ‘Hard to be a God’ but in the desert. The first hour is rather repetitive but then it just gets more weird and wild as it goes on, with black comedy meeting theological philosophy and time travel chaos.

The two soviets must figure out how to communicate with the species on planet Pluke and find contraptions and shuttles to transport them home to Earth, or to other places that will lead them home. It’s an absurdist film filled with the most strangest dialogue, but at the same time the viewer feels like the film is one hundred percent Director Georgiy Daneliya’s true vision.

Some of the images are so striking that they will remain ingrained on my eyes for a while. This feels like a film that should be checked out by any enthusiast of Sci-Fi.

7.4/10