Intimate Parts


Intimate Parts is a 2013 Russian erotic drama film directed by debut filmmakers Natalya Merkulova and Alexey Chupov.
The film was screened in the main competition of the 24th Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr and received several awards, including the prize for Best Debut. Festival program director Sitora Alieva noted the boldness and audacity of the young directors in attempting to create genuinely provocative cinema. The film explores the lives of big-city residents who interpret personal freedom and relationships with the opposite sex in very different ways.

Plot

The film presents the stories of several people living in contemporary Moscow who suffer from emotional inhibition and sexual dissatisfaction. The characters’ lives—those of a fashionable photographer who photographs genitals, a childless married couple fascinated by a young circus performer, an employee of a morality committee discussing legislation banning erotic content while censoring classic films yet constantly thinking about sex, a psychoanalyst, and several others—rarely intersect.
Some characters seek help from a psychoanalyst, while others attempt to resolve their issues on their own.

Cast

Awards and nominations

2013

2014