Day of the Dead

Day of the Dead

2021 · 86 min · ★ 7.5 · Drama, Comedy

On Parents’ Saturday, the ancestors’ memorial day, a mother and her son travel in an old Sedan. They have far to go: in a day they have to visit five cemeteries, scattered across the region. From the very beginning nothing goes according to plan.

Directed by Viktor Ryzhakov · Written by Viktor Ryzhakov

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