Cargo 200 (film)

Cargo 200
Cargo 200
Directed by	Aleksei Balabanov
Written by	Aleksei Balabanov
Produced by	Sergei Selyanov
Starring	Agniya Kuznetsova; Leonid Bichevin; Aleksei Poluyan; Leonid Gromov; Aleksei Serebryakov
Production; company	Kinokompaniya CTB
Release dates	16 May 2007 (Cannes); 14 June 2007 (Russia);
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Russia
Languages	Russian; English
Box office	RUB 3,553,428 (Russia)

Cargo 200 (Russian: Груз 200, romanized: Gruz 200) is a 2007 Russian psychological thriller film directed by Aleksei Balabanov depicting the late Soviet society. The action is set during the culmination of the Soviet–Afghan War in 1984. The movie's title Cargo 200 refers to the zinc coffins in which dead Soviet soldiers were shipped home.^[1]^[2]^[3] The movie was said to be based on a true story. It received generally positive reviews from critics.

^ «Груз 200»: жестокое кино Балабанова «не рекомендовано» телеканалам Archived 2007-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, svobodanews.ru, June 06, 2007 (in Russian)
^ Алексей Балабанов: нормы не существует Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine, gazeta.ru, May 24, 2007 (in Russian)
^ Andrew Osborn, From Russia, Without Love: New Movie Slams Soviet Union, Wall Street Journal, June 21, 2007

[1] «Груз 200»: жестокое кино Балабанова «не рекомендовано» телеканалам Archived 2007-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, svobodanews.ru, June 06, 2007 (in Russian)

[2] Алексей Балабанов: нормы не существует Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine, gazeta.ru, May 24, 2007 (in Russian)

[wsj-3] Andrew Osborn, From Russia, Without Love: New Movie Slams Soviet Union, Wall Street Journal, June 21, 2007

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