Ada and Maxim

Ada and Maxim

2022 · 81 min · Documentary

ADA a 23 year old girl. She was born in Nizhny Tagil, studied in Moscow at the University of Journalism and Literature, then she returned to her hometown. Maxim - a 23 year old man, He is a Polish Jew who works at the Uralvagonzavod foundry. This film takes us to the beginning of 2020 for an unusual wedding. The wedding of the young Satanists Ada and Maxim, who live on the outskirts of the city, in solitude near the forest and the cemetery. They leave the house mostly at nights to perform various rituals. This is an observation of a restless soul, seeking freedom and happiness, in a world that seems to her a dark cell.

Directed by Vadim Kostrov

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