((exclusive)) - Dau. Katya Tanya

What makes Katya Tanya distinct from a standard domestic drama is the meta-context of the DAU production itself. Reports of psychological manipulation on set—actors not allowed to leave character, real emotional and physical distress—echo the film’s content.

Katya is portrayed as a romantic whose ideals are repeatedly tested by a series of disappointing affairs with men at The Institute. DAU. Katya Tanya

Directed by Jekaterina Oertel and Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Katya Tanya is perhaps the most accessible and yet the most viscerally disturbing entry in the 14-film cycle. Stripped of the abstract physics metaphors found in films like DAU. Nora Mother or DAU. The Conformist , this film presents a raw, claustrophobic two-hander. It asks a single, brutal question: What happens to intimacy when there are no rules, no privacy, and no escape? What makes Katya Tanya distinct from a standard