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COOL (News from Belarus)
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COOL (News from Belarus)

2023-06-08 · 131 min · Not rated

Crime · Comedy · Drama · Documentary · Animation

In this cinematic zine, directors scattered all over the world adapt to screen hilarious and poignant Belarusian news stories. Featuring phone thieves, TikTok storks, the tiniest castle in the world, and victims of the depression epidemic.

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Directors
Ari Gold, Pierre Léon, Viktor Lebedev, Ihar Chyshchenia, Osman Nabiev, Victoria Zenchuk, Radu Jude, Antos Sivyh, Aglaya Yunova, Michelle G. Stratton, Nikita Lavretski, Yulya Astrovskaya, Andrey Kashpersky, Waja Shchipko, Christopher Small, Tamara Granatkina, Timur Nedved, Pavel Nedzvedz, Vladislav Novozhilov, Masha Herz
Production companies
ViA Media, Grack Films, Barberousse Films
Countries
Belarus
Status
Released

Top Cast

Slava AbelyanVasily Petrovich (segment "Ostap")
Andrey ApanovichGanesha (segment "Depression?")
Yulya AstrovskayaSelf (segment "A Blissful House on the Water")
Timur BatdalovOstap (segment "Ostap")
Ilja BozhkoMan (segment "Sugar")
Brian BellBrian BellHank (segment "I love me")
Ihar ChyshcheniaSelf (segment "25% of Minsk Residents Have Depression")
Cristopher W. CrotonSaroka (segment "Story 26")
Anna DenAnna DenTeenager (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Andrey FreymanBlack Policeman (segment "Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Ari GoldShlomo (segment "I Love Me")
Daniela HanusovaSelf (segment "Pohlednice")
Radu JudeRadu JudeSelf (segment "A Belarusian Stork")
Lika KarevaWoman (segment "Ostap")
Andrey KashperskyAndrey KashperskyMan (segment "Sugar")
KinostranetsPoliceman #2 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Nikolay KonovPoliceman #3 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Nikita LavretskiNikita LavretskiLeonid Boulianov (segment "Nano")
Viktor LebedevViktor LebedevIvan (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Valentina LebedevaDelivery Operator (segment "Man Began to Pleasure Self")

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