Ilya Khrzanovsky's debut feature 4 is a unique and unsettling trip into the dark and deeply weird heart of modern Russia. Throwing conspiracy paranoia, rumours of genetic cloning and the chill of post-glasnost reality into a heady brew of dream-like imagery, there are no easy answers here.
Two men and a woman happen to meet in a bar. We learn from their conversations both the intriguing and banal details of their lives. But is anyone really telling the truth? From the meat market, to the president's drinking habit or the soviet cloning project, this allegory opposes different aspects of contemporary Russian society.