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Killed by Lightning(2002)
Status: Released
Date: 2002-06-27
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5 Votes
Time: 1h 5m
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An anthropologist investigates the origins of human evolution. She had suffered a mental trauma during her childhood when her father, a submarine captain, died during the war. This trauma periodically destabilizes her condition. The ghosts of a prehistoric past and a violent death collide in the subconsciousness of the scientist to give birth to an unexpected theory of the origins of human beings.
Languages: Russian.
Countries:
Russia
ProductionCompanies: 
The Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation
Fondazione MonteCinemaVerità Locarno
Movie: Killed by Lightning
Top 10 Billed Cast
Вера Новикова
Елена Симонова
Sergei Chernov
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An anthropologist investigates the origins of human evolution. She had suffered a mental trauma during her childhood when her father, a submarine captain, died during the war. This trauma periodically destabilizes her condition. The ghosts of a prehistoric past and a violent death collide in the subconsciousness of the scientist to give birth to an unexpected theory of the origins of human beings.
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2002-06-27
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