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Cicuta

Cicuta

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Cicuta

"The second time, you’ll get used to it."

2002

1h 44m

10.0(1 votes)

Drama

Overview

Pseudo-documentary style drama about drug addicts. In Kyiv, a dealer named Baroque receives an unknown psychedelic that opens access to another dimension.

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Cast & crew

9 featured cast members

Starring

Volodymyr Horianskyi

Volodymyr Horianskyi

Kostiantyn Shaforenko

Kostiantyn Shaforenko

Alexandr Prischepa

Yuri Nezdymenko

Anton Komyakhov

Ivan Levchenko

Yuliia Volchkova

Yuliia Volchkova

Vladyslav Onyshchenko

Vladyslav Onyshchenko

Oleksiy Horbunov

Oleksiy Horbunov

(voice)

Creative team

Directed by: Alexander Shapiro
Written by: Alexander Shapiro
Produced by: Alexander Shapiro
Dmytro Kolyesnikov

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