The Ugly Swans

The Ugly Swans

2006 · 109 min · ★ 6.4 · Science Fiction, Drama

In the near future, writer Victor Banev gets himself on a UN commission to investigate the goings-on in the remote town of Tashlinsk, where reports tell of a virus-created race of brainiac mutants. His tween daughter Ira is enrolled at a school for gifted children which has been taken over by the mutants, who have grown to despise ordinary humanity.

Directed by Konstantin Lopushansky · Written by Vyacheslav Rybakov

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