Television performance in the apartment for 5 days It was interesting to see that they don’t do that now. But this is not because Gregory of Constantinople did something new, on the contrary, all this was already this work, strictly speaking, and it is impossible to call a movie, it is more like a TV show, many of which were filmed in the Soviet 70s and some of which I sometimes revisit with pleasure, only here everything was filmed in 5 days and in the apartment, not on stage, and of course for ridiculous money.
Of course, this format can and is only based on first-class acting work, here it is present in all, but personally I was more surprised by Strizhenov, whom I previously did not perceive as a serious actor, he worked out his role clearly. But more than others, I liked the first part of this film, consisting of 4 novels, with Efremov as a ballerina. If the rest of the parts, especially 3 and 4, can be listened to as an audio performance (by the way, beautiful sound inserts), then the 1st and you can 2nd part (to discover Strizhenov, like me) you need to watch. It is not for nothing that Efremov was awarded one of all the actors in this film, it was very strong, even at some point you forget that you are a man, and not a middle-aged woman who slept in a ballet pack. Ironically, it looked quite relevant even against the background of the hype around the painting Black Swan, although of course there is nothing in common except ballet.
I want to note the peculiarities of speech in monologues, which were written by the director himself. On the one hand, the use of outdated turns and expressions, surprisingly combined with appropriate mat or swearing (although they did not swear much), on the other hand, the rare, but still reservations of the actors (all 4), it is not clear why these scenes were not remade, were lazy or hidden in them some meaning? Not clear.
Thinking after watching, I came to the conclusion that I still do not like the absolute isolation of each of the 4 stories, the lack of connection between them increases the feeling of incompleteness of the viewing, which again does not make this work a film as such. It seems that the writer said that these are his stories, but this bundle is clearly artificial.
The funny thing is that despite the name, no cat appeared on the screen, for me, as a cat person, this is an offensive lure that did not end with anything. ;)
It is difficult to assess, very difficult.
Acting work in total on 8-9, but the rest ... not a film, so formally divide in half.
5/10
Original