Censor

Censor

2017 · 133 min · ★ 4.6 · Action, Science Fiction, Drama

In the not-so-distant future the computer game industry reaches its fullest flower. Virtual reality is indistinguishable from real life. The government launches Department C to control the game space. Censors secretly delve into games. Their mission is to take sex and violence beyond the forbidden level. A game that would let them do that must be banned. One of the Censors is a good guy who hates his bloody job. The other one is a creep. But even the Censors lose their ability to tell the game from the real world.

Directed by Konstantin Shelepov · Written by Ivan Tropov

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Stepan Beketov Censor
Pavel Mikhailov Alex
Galina Sumina Alena
Sergey Mardar Chief
Karina Razumovskaya psychologist
Vladimir Chernyshov club director
Evgeny Dobryakov commander
Andrey Nekrasov negotiator
Mikhail Sidash lawyer
Aleksandra Serebryakova office employee
Olesya Boyko IT company employee
Svetlana Smirnova-Katsagadzhieva technician

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