Natasha runs the canteen at a secret 1950s Soviet research institute. This is the beating heart of the DAU universe, everyone drops in here: the institute's employees, scientists and visiting foreign guests. Natasha's world is a small one, split between the demands of the canteen during the day and alcohol fuelled nights with her younger colleague Olga, during which the two confide their hopes of romance and for a different future. At a party one evening Natasha becomes close to a visiting French scientist Luc Bige and the two sleep together. The following day her life takes a dramatic turn when she is summoned to an interrogation by the KGB's General Vladimir Azhippo who questions the nature of her relationship with the foreign guest.

Taxidermia
2006
6.6/10

Cemetery of Splendor
2015
5.9/10

Beware of Children
2019
7.1/10

DAU. Degeneration
2020
5.2/10

White River
2025
2.8/10

Anna Karenina
2012
6.7/10

American Beauty
1999
8.0/10

Cries and Whispers
1972
7.9/10

Last Tango in Paris
1972
6.9/10

Blue Ruin
2014
6.8/10

Shutter Island
2010
8.2/10

Awakenings
1990
7.8/10

Sixteen Candles
1984
6.8/10

Love Songs
2007
7.0/10

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
8.1/10

The Wrestler
2008
7.5/10

The Merchant of Venice
2004
6.8/10

Death in Venice
1971
7.2/10

Sneakers
1992
6.9/10

A Beautiful Mind
2001
7.9/10