The forgotten film by the director “Anory” can finally be seen in Netflix-in Russia, it failed with a bang

But here is the Paradox – his earlier work “Mandarijn”, which is considered a long -term masterpiece, was hired by everyone in Russia as a masterpiece as a masterpiece. The film officially went out, but almost nobody noticed it. In Kinopoisk he has 6.9 points and only about 3.2 thousand user estimates – according to the standards of the eminent director this is almost silence. In the meantime, the Mandarin now finally appeared on Netflix-Missien, at least someone will now reach him.

The film was released in 2015, recorded on three iPhone 5s (at that time-a wild company, even for Indies scenes), and talks about a one-day wandering in Los Angeles in the company of two sex workers one just came out of prison and wants to find his friend Suthenier, who, as it appears, comes out. All this happens on the eve of Christmas, in the landscape of quite non -conditional areas of the city, which are usually not shown in the great cinema.

Despite the minimum budget, Mandarin received enthusiastic reviews from critics. He has 96% on rotten tomatoes and reviews of large editions with formulations such as “clear, fat, with empathy and a living dialogue.”

Especially praised the acting and the “live” entry: thanks to the iPhone recording, the film turned out to be as close to life as possible – in some places it looks more like a documentary than on a staged film.

Comparing the “mandarin” with “Anora” is useless – the projects are very different, although they have a lot in common in style and attitude towards characters. But if you have come to Anrah, you should definitely not let the Mandarin miss.