Egghead Republic

Local title
Munapeade vabariik
Original title
Egghead Republic
Director
Hugo Lilja, Pella Kågerman
Country
Year
2025

An alternative reality where the Cold War did not end, and Soviet Kazakstan has been struck by an atomic bomb.

Freaky science fiction collides with a ruthless satire of gonzo journalism and indie-sleaze excess in this audacious feature by "Aniara" (2018) directors Sweden's Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja, based on the 1957 post-nuclear novel by Arno Schmidt.

In an alternative reality where the Cold War did not end, Soviet Kazakhstan has been struck by an atomic bomb. Thanks to the ‘exposure' economy created, Sonja Schmidt is persuaded by hip culture mogul Dino Davis to accompany a rebel journalistic expedition to a joint Soviet/American military base that monitors a Kazakh radioactive zone rumoured to be rife with irradiated centaurs.

Film screening presented by Swedish Embassy in Estonia.

Director
Hugo Lilja, Pella Kågerman
Screenwriter
Pella Kågerman, Hugo Lilja
Cast
Tyler Labine, Andrew Lowery, Arvin Kananian
Producer
Nina Lund, Pella Kågerman
Cinematographer
Malin Gutke
Production Design
Petra Kågerman
Editing
Oskar Blondell
Production
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Screening020117 / Munapeade vabariik
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
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