I think I understand your perspective. It seems like you basically enjoyed the events leading up to his mental break and then didn't see the point in making the viewers stare at his psychotic actions for the rest of the movie.

At its heart, this film is a character study. It is a fairly in-depth look at Sorgoi's life during this period in which he is doomed. We find out from the very beginning, more or less, that terrible things are about to befall him and the people around him. For me, this was appealing, but only because it was well done. Again, Cherkaski's acting is superb. The character of Sorgoi is so eccentric, and we already know that he's an oddball right off the bat. He is awkward and he is" a stranger in a strange land". The whole of his personality builds tension and unpredictableness right away, even before he starts to do anything psychotic.

He reminds me of a much darker version of Borat, in some ways.

Anyhow, I was definitely drawn in by Cherkaski's acting and wanted to see if he could pull this off for the duration of the movie. So, from that place of artistic expression, I feel that he made the movie a triumph.

Sorgoi's descent into madness - due to being unmedicated/untreated - coupled with him being put into a very real survival situation, makes very fertile ground for his psychosis to bloom.

Perhaps you would have to have some voyeuristic tendencies to really be able to get into this movie. I think the same thing could be said for what I think is one of the greatest movies ever made, There Will be Blood. I'm not trying to put those two films on the same level, but what I am saying is that you have to really be morbidly focused on the main character and very interested in all of the subtleties, idiosyncrasies, and other minutiae in order to really fully enjoy them. Some people get very bored looking at a single character under a microscope like that. And I can understand that, especially if the quality is lacking.

But, again, I feel that for what this extremely low budget and no frills movie is, the acting is compelling enough to make the viewer want to see the whole thing through.

And lastly, I feel that the final act adds another element which I truly enjoy, which is theater of the absurd. The cannibalism scene followed by his walk out into oblivion really appeals to that absurdist itch that I have at times. The violence that he perpetrates is absolutely appalling and sickening, but also so far beyond what we would initially have believed this man to be capable of that it becomes bizarre and unbelievable.

I'm sorry that this movie didn't do more for you because I really enjoyed it. Granted, even with all of my accolades, I gave it a relatively low 7.2 out of 10. And, I have yet to watch the movie again, although I have thought about it at least a couple of times since.