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Tag Archives: russian
Burnt by the Sun / 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 »
Sour Grape / Hndzan (1974) Bagrat Oganesyan, A. Isahakyan, Sos Sargsyan, H. Azizyan
Far behind the lines Vahe receives the news of his father’s death. Read More »
House of Tolerance / L’Apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close) (2011) Bertrand Bonello, Noémie Lvovsky, Hafsia Herzi, Céline Sallette
Life in an elegant Parisian brothel in the early twentieth century. Read More »
Constantine the Great / Costantino il grande (1961) Lionello De Felice, Irving Rapper, Cornel Wilde, Belinda Lee, Massimo Serato
Somewhat fictionalized dramatic account of Late Roman Emperor Constantine Read More »
The Excursionist / Ekskursante (2013) Audrius Juzenas, Anastasija Marcenkaite, Igor Savochkin, Kseniya Rappoport
The story of a ten year old girl who escapes from a deportee train and goes on a 6000 km long journey back to her homeland. Read More »
Alexandra / 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 »
White Mountains / Belyie gory (1965) Melis Ubukeyev, Shaarbek Kobaganov, A. Abayeva, Baken Kydykeyeva
While on the run in the mountains from the authorities Read More »
Me, Grandma, Iliko and Ilarion / Me, bebia, Iliko da Ilarioni (1962) Tengiz Abuladze, Sergo Orjonikidze, Sesilia Takaishvili, Aleksandre Jorjoliani
Grandma Olgha up-brings orphan Zurikela in poverty. Their struggle for life is being relieved by support Read More »
A Very Private Affair / Vie privée (1962) Louis Malle, Brigitte Bardot, Marcello Mastroianni, Nicolas Bataille
When Jill becomes a movie star, she soon discovers that her private life is destroyed Read More »