If you loved Kin-dza-dza!, try Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Theyboth carry the foreign gem, playful, unhinged mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to Kin-dza-dza!, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession is

Time travel gets messy. A scientist's invention goes awry, swapping modern folks with a tsar. Chaos ensues in both eras.

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