Set in modern-day Moscow, “Empire V” is a metaphysical vampire love story and a dark satire on contemporary Russian culture and global capitalism. Banned in Russia and based on the novel of the same name by Victor Pelevin, EMPIRE V is a 2023 urban fantasy film directed by Victor Ginzburg and starring Pavel Tabakov as Rama II, a vampire apprentice who begins training to become a full-fledged vampire. A universal coming-of-age story of an average young man challenged by a Faustian gift of power and knowledge, forced to make his way in a post-moral world, ruled by the cult of beauty, money and blood.
2023 Fantasia International Film Festival Official Selection
Screamfest LA 2023 Official Selection
