Teenage Mari is sent to an orphanage. It’s an awful and unfriendly place to be. Read More »
Tag Archives: russian
Circle of Two (1980) Jules Dassin, Tatum O’Neal, Norma Dell’Agnese, Donann Cavin
The story of the impossible love between a schoolgirl and a sixty-year-old painter. Read More »
A Gentle Creature (2017) Sergey Loznitsa, Valeriu Andriuta, Liya Akhedzhakova, Roza Khayrullina
A woman lives in a small village in Russia. One day she receives the parcel she sent to her husband Read More »
Brother 2 / Brat 2 (2000) Aleksey Balabanov, Sergey Bodrov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Sergey Makovetskiy
Arriving in Moscow, Danila discovers Konstantin dead and he sets out to avenge his death Read More »
The Wrestler and the Clown (1957) Boris Barnet, Konstantin Yudin, Stanislav Chekan, Aleksandr Mikhaylov, Yuriy Medvedev
It’s a story about two of the most famous russian personages. Read More »
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia / Melancholian 3 huonetta (2004) Pirjo Honkasalo, Pirkko Saisio
A searing examination of the unrelenting Chechen conflict Read More »
Playing the Victim (2006) Kirill Serebrennikov, Yuriy Chursin, Vitaliy Khaev, Marat Basharov
A young man drops out of university and goes to the police. He’s done nothing wrong he just wants a job. Read More »
The Star (2002) Nikolay Lebedev
During World War II the Red Army sends a special unit named “Zvezda” (“The Star”) on a mission Read More »
The Asthenic Syndrome (1989) Kira Muratova
In the old days it was called hypochrondria, or black melancholia. Read More »
Tears Were Falling (1983) Georgiy Daneliya
One evening after a hard day at the office, Pavel Ivanovich Vasin starts to behave quite strangely to family and friends. Read More »