Not so long ago these pages were awash with coverage of Pavel Ruminov's Dead Daughters as we simply fell in love with the young Russian director's manipulation of J-horror motifs, his fantastic eye behind the camera and a seemingly never ending supply of stunning key art. That film ended up being a fairly divisive one and what Ruminov has chosen to follow it up with could not possibly be much more different. After his big ghost story he is now back with Circumstances, a slapstick, single set, dinner party comedy with a darkly absurd twist. Ruminov hired a group of theater actors for this one and workshopped it heavily while feeding his players a steady diet of Billy Wilder films and the end result looks pretty much unlike anything I've ever seen out of Russia up until now.
There are three trailers for the film so far, all of them with their own distinct - and very, very odd - flavor and you'll find all three embedded below the break. My apologies for the YouTube versions ... I have much higher quality versions here but they're proving uncooperative. The third trailer, in particular, just makes me giggle far too much ...
