Summary
Original Russian satirical comedy, without fanfare, that brings the intellectual honesty of a Russian theater director and the transforming power of art to the realm of the unexpected and the absurd, providing hilarious moments while simultaneously entering the field of the disturbing.
Review
Roman is a young and rigorous theater director who works for the main Russian official theater. There comes a time when he finds an unexpected job opening in the porn industry.
The obvious title in Spanish alludes to the concept of psychological depth in the construction of characters. And Mikhail Segal's film is a satire about the depth of the Russian soul and the acting methods of one of his theater schools; and how this can be reinterpreted and used transposed to other unexpected situations for the protagonist and the viewer.
The film focuses on the coherence of Roman with his principles and his artistic training despite the changes of scenery, which produces very funny situations, although with the absurdity the film goes into disturbing paths. In other words, a film that addresses nothing less than the intellectual honesty of an artist and the transformative power of art.
This is an original comedy that never falls into stridency, that boasts great timing, where the performance of a notable Aleksandr Pal stands out as the imperturbable and tenacious Roman and that brings us an epiphanic ending.
