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'''''This is the Zurg''''' is a 2003 [[w:Black comedy|black comedy]]-[[w:Action film|action]] [[w:Political satire|political satire]] film produced and directed by [[Nuuvik Kuviks]] and [[Manuel Togak]] in their third joint directorial work, following ''The Sasquatch'' (1999) and ''Alcoholics'' (2001). The screenplay was written by Aunó Qovalás, and stars Kuviks along with [[Tazqo Kentrel]] as two social outcasts working in the [[Tierrador|Tierradorian]] [[State Bureau of Security|SBS]], who, following a disastrous mixup, are accidentally tasked with posing as musicians in order to travel to [[Varshan]] so they can assassinate Varshani Zurg Zakan-jili (Antti Gonçia) before he launches a full-scale invasion of Central and South Crona. At the time of release, which was before the [[The Deluge|Deluge]], it garnered a reputation of being the most controversial films in Tierradorian history, and was the cause of many violent threats made by the Varshani government to Tierrador.