Fantasy is usually a genre full of stories about witches and magic that are made for adult children. It's OK to be entertained but not for in many cases.
"A Rough Draft" is different and highly intriguing. It's more albeit loosely based on the multiverse theory of innumerable parallel universes.
There is a roughly sketched love story and some spare action added to it for the general audiences. You will recognize some Matrix references e.g,
Apart of that it's a metaphorical exploration of history and philosophy from a unique Russian point of view. I was born in Poland and live in Germany so I can relate to it but American audiences may have some difficulties deciphering some hidden meanings.
I have read the books (the movie is based on book one of two) and devoured both of them a few years ago so I was delighted to find out that there is a film. Seeing the many negative reviews I got discouraged from viewing it at first.
Luckily I've read the reviews finally and understood that most people don't get that movie. It's relatively complex and does not explain everything like a Disney pop-corn flick would. Also the ending is quite open (because it's only based on the first book).
As mentioned above the love story is superficial and the action is half-hearted but if you come for the quest for identity in a rapidly changing world and the question of what would happen if Hitler hadn't started WWII among others you are in the right place. The alternative worlds are very convincing for sure. I wish they had shown even more of them. One of them is perfect for Steampunk lovers.
The German version of the book is called Worldestrian btw. - a mix of world and pedestrian - because the guy can literally walk from one reality to another.
The second part is called Worldreamer in German. That's an even better match for the story as Cyrill literally dreams up the worlds he visits.
"A Rough Draft" is different and highly intriguing. It's more albeit loosely based on the multiverse theory of innumerable parallel universes.
There is a roughly sketched love story and some spare action added to it for the general audiences. You will recognize some Matrix references e.g,
Apart of that it's a metaphorical exploration of history and philosophy from a unique Russian point of view. I was born in Poland and live in Germany so I can relate to it but American audiences may have some difficulties deciphering some hidden meanings.
I have read the books (the movie is based on book one of two) and devoured both of them a few years ago so I was delighted to find out that there is a film. Seeing the many negative reviews I got discouraged from viewing it at first.
Luckily I've read the reviews finally and understood that most people don't get that movie. It's relatively complex and does not explain everything like a Disney pop-corn flick would. Also the ending is quite open (because it's only based on the first book).
As mentioned above the love story is superficial and the action is half-hearted but if you come for the quest for identity in a rapidly changing world and the question of what would happen if Hitler hadn't started WWII among others you are in the right place. The alternative worlds are very convincing for sure. I wish they had shown even more of them. One of them is perfect for Steampunk lovers.
The German version of the book is called Worldestrian btw. - a mix of world and pedestrian - because the guy can literally walk from one reality to another.
The second part is called Worldreamer in German. That's an even better match for the story as Cyrill literally dreams up the worlds he visits.