Watch the trailer for this cult classic to get a sense of its unique absurdist tone and 'junk-heap' aesthetic: KIN-DZA-DZA TRAILER | Videos & Movies on Vimeo Deaf Crocodile Vimeo• Jan 17, 2024 Plot Summary
Kin-dza-dza! (1986) is a landmark Soviet dystopian sci-fi comedy directed by Georgiy Daneliya [18, 24]. Often described as "Mad Max meets Monty Python," it follows two ordinary Soviet citizens who are accidentally teleported to the desert planet in the Kin-dza-dza galaxy [8, 43]. Kin-dza-dza!(1986)
Used for almost everything positive (hello, good, okay) [33]. Watch the trailer for this cult classic to
The story begins in Moscow when (a construction foreman) and Gedevan (a Georgian violin student) stop to help a barefoot man claiming to be an alien [13, 22]. They accidentally trigger his teleportation device and vanish [16, 20]. They find themselves on Pluke, a planet where advanced technology (like telepathy and space travel) exists alongside a decaying, desert wasteland and a primitive social structure [22, 42]. The film tracks their absurd journey to find enough K-Ts (matches) to buy a way back to Earth [7, 8]. The Plukian Social System Used for almost everything positive (hello, good, okay) [33]
The film has been restored and is available on platforms like YouTube and specialized distributors like Deaf Crocodile [21, 36].
Pluke operates on a rigid, arbitrary caste system based on a genetic distinction that can only be detected by a small "visator" device [7, 22]. The dominant caste on Pluke.
The ultimate currency. A single wooden match is worth more than almost any other resource [8, 41]. The Language of Pluke