A poor migrant woman in Moscow struggles with her life. Read More »
Tag Archives: Russia
The Banishment AKA Izgnanie (2007) Andrey Zvyagintsev, Konstantin Lavronenko, Maria Bonnevie, Aleksandr Baluev
A trip to the pastoral countryside reveals a dark, sinister reality for a family from the city. Read More »
The Silence of Pelesjan AKA Il silenzio di Pelesjan (2011) Pietro Marcello, Artavazd Peleshian, Enrico Ghezzi, Aleksandra Khokhlova
Artavazd Pelesjan is an Armenian filmmaker. Unknown to the great audience, he theorizes a new kind of editing (editing by distance) Read More »
O-Roshiya-koku suimu-tan / The Dream of Russia (1992) Jun’ya Satô, Ken Ogata, Oleg Yankovskiy, Takuzô Kawatani
1782. A Japanese ship named Shinsho-maru is blown off course and severely battered during a wild storm Read More »
Eastern Drift (2010) Sharunas Bartas, Klavdiya Korshunova, Erwan Ribard
When drug smuggler Genia is betrayed by his partner, he has no choice but to get help from a Russian mobster. Read More »
Whispering Pages (1994) Aleksandr Sokurov, Aleksandr Cherednik, Sergey Barkovskiy, Elizaveta Koroleva
The existential protagonist is a hungry, homeless, socially isolated, and socially alienated young man living on the streets of an anonymous Russian big city in the 19th Century. Read More »
Garpastum (2005) Aleksey German Jr., Evgeniy Pronin, Danila Kozlovsky, Dmitriy Vladimirov
Garpastum is a Latin word meaning ball game. Set in 1914 in St. Petersburg, the brothers Andrey and Nikolai are passionate Read More »
The Dry Valley (2011) Aleksandra Strelyanaya, Yana Esipovich, Oleg Garkusha, Elena Kalinina
This story unites the destinies of the landowners and their servants Read More »
East – West (1999) Régis Wargnier, Oleg Menshikov, Sandrine Bonnaire, Catherine Deneuve
June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. Read More »
Khrustalyov, My Car! (1998) Aleksey German, Yuriy Tsurilo, Nina Ruslanova, Mikhail Dementyev
Military doctor General Klenski is arrested in Stalin’s Russia in 1953 during an anti-Semitic political campaign Read More »