This magical comedy takes place in Absurdistan, a desert village plagued by drought. The men shirk fixing the water pipelines and so, until they find a solution, the women decide to tighten the spigot on another precious resource: sex. ABSURDISTAN is not based on the novel of the same name by Gary Shteyngart.

DVD Features:

Region 1
NTSC
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen
Audio:
(unspecified) - Russian
Subtitles - English
Additional Release Material:
Interviews:
1. Interview with Director
Text/Photo Galleries:
Photo Galleries
Biographies:
1. Director Biography

Distributor Notes: Welcome to Absurdistan, a small village in the high desert mountains, just on the outskirts of reality, where magical visions and bizarre events fuse together.
The village is facing a water shortage, but the men are too lazy to fix a rickety pipeline and the women are getting fed up with their good-for-nothing husbands. Led by young Aya, the women make a simple vow: “No water, no sex.” The men's only hope is Temelko, whose long-promised wedding with Aya is put on hold until he finds a solution for the water problem.

Maximilian Mauff: Actor
Kristyna Malerova: Actress

Veit Helmer: German Writer/Director, TUVALU (2001)

Linda Kornemann: Producer

Shigeru Umebayashi: Composer, ZHOU YU'S TRAIN (2004)

"Veit Helmer's ABSURDISTAN is a droll and lusty comedy set in a remote ancient village once under Soviet control, now forgotten in an arid no-man's land."
"An infectious spirit of whimsy, eroticism and wonder infuses ABSURDISTAN, a beguiling romantic fable....With a gloriously saturated palette, rich textures, a fanciful imagination and an unerring, light touch, Helmer gives ABSURDISTAN a distinct narrative style and visual verve that seem at once ancient and new."