After Annika, a medical doctor, gets work at the local hospital, she and her 17-year old daughter Saga Read More »
Tag Archives: Russia
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 / Il peccato (2019) Andrey Konchalovskiy
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 »
4 AKA Chetyre (2004) Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Yuriy Laguta, Marina Vovchenko, Sergey Shnurov
Meat merchant Oleg, prostitute Marina, and piano tuner “simply Volodya” drop into an all-night bar in Moscow Read More »
The Postman’s White Nights AKA Belye nochi pochtalyona Alekseya Tryapitsyna (2014) Andrey Konchalovskiy, Aleksey Tryapitsyn, Irina Ermolova, Timur Bondarenko
The film represents life in a godforsaken Russian village. The only way to reach the mainland is to cross the lake by boat Read More »
Morphine AKA Morfiy (2008) Aleksey Balabanov, Leonid Bichevin, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Andrey Panin
The year is 1917. We are in the Russian countryside. It is the middle of freezing winter. Read More »
It Doesn’t Hurt Me AKA Mne ne bolno (2006) Aleksey Balabanov, Renata Litvinova, Aleksandr Yatsenko, Dmitriy Dyuzhev
Three young friends have all they need for a sterling life besides money. Read More »
Crime and Punishment (2002) Menahem Golan, Crispin Glover, Vanessa Redgrave, John Hurt
A modern day adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s classic novel about a young student who is forever haunted by the murder he has committed. Read More »