Daniil Charms

A man spat into a cup of water and it turned black

Almost everyone knows Daniil Kharms now. It is known that he composed this pseudonym for himself, as he composed his paradoxical poems, stories, plays and especially cases - that's what he called miniatures, the humor of which was obvious, but the meaning did not reach everyone. The life of the fictional Kharms was amazing, mocking and bravely independent. Daniil Yuvachev's life has become a true tragedy.

The main action in this film is the pair of people falling gently from the sky. We never see their final impact, or even how they come to be falling in the first place, but we are privy to the reactions, or lack there of, from all the by-standers below.

Humourous interpretation of the poems and writings of Soviet dadaist Daniil Charms. These are organized into a sequence, suggesting a storyline, about a poor Russian poet who lives in Vienna, falls in love and has several bizarre adventures.