Movie Description Billy is a make-up artist working on a low-budget thriller being made by a group of young Americans in Moscow. She is also mute. One night when she returns to the studio to retrieve some work, she witnesses her fellow production crew shooting a snuff film. Later, they claim the murder was fake, but Billy is not convinced. She doggedly pursues the case while trying to protect her life, which is slowly being drawn deeper into the web of the Russian underworld.
| Credits | | Cast: | Evan Richards, Fay Ripley, Oleg Jankowski |
| Details | | Edition: | Closed Captioned | | Sound: | HiFi Sound, Stereo Sound, Surround Sound |
Notes A Comet Film and Aurora Media presentation in association with Cobblestone Pictures and Patmos Film.
Additional credits: Werner Konig & Pieter Lony (associate producers), Tatiana Zhigaeva (production manager), Boris Blank & Marat Rafikov (assistant directors), Nina Sokul-Matsuk & Elena Denisova (casting), Christian Burgdorff (visual effects supervisor), Victor Orlov & Pavel Terchov (special effects), Svetlana Luzanova (costume design), Irina Morozova (make-up), Albert Avramenko (sound recordist), Richard Borowski (sound re-recording mixer), and Sergei Vorobiov (stunt cooordinator).
Rated BBFC 18 by the British Board of Film Classification.
Editorial Reviews "...Stylishly gloomy....An affection for the excitement of going to the movies..." -- Rating: B+ Entertainment Weekly - Lisa Schwarzbaum (09/22/1995)
"...[A] witty, unpretentious thriller....A seductive piece of real filmmaking ripe with tension that should keep audiences hyperventilating to the last reel..." Variety - Emanuel Levy (02/13/1995)
"...Ingenious....[With] fluid and strikingly lit cinematography..." Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas (09/15/1995)
"...What it does, it does very well and knowledgeably..." Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (09/15/1995)
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