# Moonlight People (2019)

> A silent Russian avant-garde short turns moonlit fantasies of queer desire into a surreal, music-driven visual poem.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/415178

## Facts

- Runtime: 14 min
- Genres: Romance, Science Fiction, Music, Mystery
- Director: Dmitri Frolov
- Cast: Yuri Jadrovsky, Vladimir Zolotar, Natalya Surkova, Daria Alymova, Dmitri Ignatov, Dmitriy Shibanov, Oriza Triznyak, Alexey Shuvalov
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10127944/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: none
- Mood: surreal, dreamy, intimate, arthouse film night, experimental cinema program

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