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Tag Archives: Russia
The Belovs AKA Belovy (1992) Viktor Kosakovskiy, Anna Fyodorovna Belova, Mikhail Fyodorovich Belov, Vasiliy Fyodorovich Belov
“Belovy (the Belovs)” is a breathtaking portrait of a troubled peasant family. Read More »
An Independent Life AKA Samostoyatelnaya zhizn (1992) Vitali Kanevsky, Pavel Nazarov, Dinara Drukarova, Toshihiro Vatanabe
In this sequel to Freeze-Die-Come to Life, our hero (Pavel Nazarov) Read More »
Free Floating AKA Svobodnoe plavanie (2006) Boris Khlebnikov, Aleksandr Yatsenko, Evgeniy Sytyy, Pyotr Zaychenko
“Free Floating” is a melodrama with elements of comedy about a young lad Read More »
The River AKA Reka (2002) Aleksey Balabanov, Vasilii Borisov, Anna Flegontova, Mikhail Skryabin
A story of jealous love and betrayal that end up decimating a small group Read More »
Foreign Body AKA Obce cialo (2014) Krzysztof Zanussi, Riccardo Leonelli, Agnieszka Grochowska, Agata Buzek
Angelo and Kasia met in Italy in the Focolare Movement where their love Read More »
The Lighthouse AKA Mayak (2006) Mariya Saakyan, Anna Kapaleva, Olga Yakovleva, Sos Sargsyan
In the 90s, Lena returns to the home of her grandparents in a tiny, war-torn village in Armenia. Read More »
Lady Into Lassie AKA Baryshnya-krestyanka (1995) Aleksey Sakharov, Elena Korikova, Dmitriy Shcherbina, Leonid Kuravlyov
Based on a famous short story by Pushkin, this film tells of a youthful Read More »
Burnt by the Sun AKA Utomlennye solntsem (1994) Nikita Mikhalkov, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Oleg Menshikov
Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his village Read More »
Alexandra AKA Aleksandra (2007) Aleksandr Sokurov, Galina Vishnevskaya, Vasily Shevtsov, Raisa Gichaeva
An elderly woman takes a train trip to visit her grandson at his army camp inside Chechnya. Read More »
Frostbiten (2006) Anders Banke, Petra Nielsen, Carl-Åke Eriksson, Grete Havnesköld
After Annika, a medical doctor, gets work at the local hospital, she and her 17-year old daughter Saga Read More »
Hoffmaniada (2018) Stanislav Sokolov, Anna Artamonova, Natalya Fisson, Vladimir Koshevoy
Based around three of Hoffmann’s tales; Klein Zaches, The Golden Pot and The Sandman Read More »
Sin AKA Il peccato (2019) Andrey Konchalovskiy, Adriano Chiaramida, Yuliya Vysotskaya, Orso Maria Guerrini
Florence, early XVI century. Although widely considered a genius by his contemporaries Read More »
War AKA Voyna (2002) Aleksey Balabanov, Aleksey Chadov, Ian Kelly, Ingeborga Dapkunaite
During the bloody war in Chechnya, a British couple and two Russian soldiers are taken hostage by Chechen rebels. Read More »
The Mirages AKA Mirazhi (1916) Pyotr Chardynin, Arsenii Bibikov, Tamara Gedevanova, Andrej Gromov
Marianna advertises for work as a reader and is employed by the reclusive millionaire Dymov. Read More »