Cicuta

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Cicuta

"The second time, you’ll get used to it."

2002

1h 44m

10.0(1 votes)

Drama

Overview

Pseudo-documentary style drama about drug addicts. In Kyiv, a dealer named Baroque receives an unknown psychedelic that opens access to another dimension.

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Cast & crew

9 featured cast members

Starring

Volodymyr Horianskyi

Kostiantyn Shaforenko

Alexandr Prischepa

Yuri Nezdymenko

Anton Komyakhov

Ivan Levchenko

Yuliia Volchkova

Vladyslav Onyshchenko

Oleksiy Horbunov

(voice)

Creative team

Directed by: Alexander Shapiro
Written by: Alexander Shapiro
Produced by: Dmytro Kolyesnikov
Alexander Shapiro

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