Watching Russian immersive film 'felt like rape', says journalist

Lifelike scenes of violence in Soviet-influenced experimental movie raises ethical concernsTatiana Shorokhova, a film critic from St Petersburg, has admitted to feeling sick and “physically afraid” while watching DAU. Natasha, a controversial film by Ilya Khrzhanovsky produced from a years-long experiment on an immersive set built as a replica of a Soviet-era research institute. In fact, she likened the experience to rape.It was not just the graphic scenes of violence against the tit