CultureHow did the creator of Russia’s soothing cartoon dog make an 18+ horror hit?

Leonid Shmelkov’s adult art-house animation Nepokoy is now in Russian theaters. The surreal film follows two travelers trapped in a strange roadside hotel run by an eccentric Madam, and has become Russia’s highest-grossing animated film for adults, earning praise from Yuri Norstein.

Russian cinemaadult animationLeonid Shmelkov

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