Kin-Dza-Dza is a
movie.
Directed by Georgi Daneliya, filmed in
Russia in 1986.
Some people believe it's the best Russian
sci-fi. It's a
cult futuristic movie with the awesome sense of
humor.
It's like an extreme magic mirror of our world.
Here's a short plot summary:
Two
humans (Dyadya Vova and Skripach) accidentally found themselves on another
planet after pushing the
wrong button on the strange device in the hand of an odd looking
alien. Planet "Plyuk" in the
galaxy "Kin-Dza-Dza" looks like a
desert. All the aliens look exactly like humans, and can understand Russian, because they can read thoughts, their language is limited to a few words, however. The whole paradox of Plyuk is that their
civilization is much more advanced than ours in time and
space traveling, weaponry and so on, but totally
barbarian in the social way. There is a special (and only) way to identify two groups of creatures (something like races) by pointing a little device on the person, green light -
"Chitlanin" (good), orange -
"Patsak" (bad). The most valued thing on the planet is
matches. Dyadya Vova and Skripach, have a long and dangerous journey in order to get home...