Here's to the Absent Ladies! (2023)

The most numerous subculture is a nameless one: it’s the boys’ subculture. Mindlessly at first, they mimic the rituals and habits of adult men. Boys curse, boys raise glasses “for ladies not present here”, until they gradually evolve into men, becoming role models for the next generation of boys. The character of this montage film crafted from discovered tapes makes such full circle: through his childhood, a winter dacha with vodka shots, a picture-perfect 2000s vacation in Turkey and Egypt with his parents, and into adulthood and his own family.

If you liked Here's to the Absent Ladies!, you might also like…

91% match

The Class of ‘92

2013

84% match

Trainwreck: The Real Project X

2025

86% match

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

2000

79% match

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

2017

75% match

Naqoyqatsi

2002

72% match

A Toxic Love Story

2026

70% match

The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends

2019

67% match

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

2013

64% match

Come See Me in the Good Light

2025

61% match

Above Majestic

2018

60% match

Marvel's Behind the Mask

2021

60% match

Fuck

2006

60% match

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

2019

60% match

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

2009

60% match

Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste

2022

60% match

McQueen

2018

60% match

Dawg Fight

2015

60% match

Night Will Fall

2014

60% match

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

2020

60% match

The Beach Boys

2024