Zoology

'Zoology' Is Much More Than The "Woman With A Tail Movie

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Archive - Festival 32
Director: Ivan I. Tverdovsky
Russia, France, Germany 2016
87 minutes
Russian
Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Middle-aged zoo worker Natasha lives a life of quiet desperation with her mother in a small coastal town. She is stuck and it seems that life has no surprises for her until one day… she grows a tail and turns her life around.
Filmmaker Ivan I. Tverdovsky deftly inserts a fantastic motif into a realistically structured story, creating a modern fable that speaks of loneliness, otherness, fear, and also of the courage to be different.
Filmography: Corrections Class (2014), Space Dog (2013, doc), Pianism (2012, doc), As If Waiting for a Bus (2009, doc).

Director Ivan I. Tverdovsky
Production Natalia Mokritskaya, Mila Rozanova, Uliana Savelieva
Script Ivan I. Tverdovsky
Cinematography Alexander Mikeladze
Editing Ivan I. Tverdovsky, Vincent Assman
Festivals Karlovy Vary (Special Jury Prize), Kinotavr (Best Actress Award, Critics Prize)
Actors Natalia Pavlenkova, Dmitri Groshev, Irina Chipizhenko
Source New Europe Film Sales, Warsaw