Vozvrashcheniye 8 Feb 2006 Director: Andrei Zvyagintsev Russia 2003 110 min In contemporary Russia, two teenage boys confront new and conflicting emotions as their father returns after a twelve year absence. The man they know only through a single photograph suddenly takes them on holiday to a remote island on a lake, supposedly to go… Continue reading The Return
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Burnt By The Sun
17 Feb 1999 Director: Nikita Mikhalkov France, Russia 1994 146 min Colonel Serget Kotov, a hero of the revolution, is spending a few days on vacation, during the summer of 1936, in his wife Maroussia’s datcha, in the country. He is content with his radiant young wife and beloved daughter. Into the scene comes Dimitri… Continue reading Burnt By The Sun
Compartment No.6
18 January 2023 Finland/Estonia/Germany/Russia 2021 Director: Juho Kuosmanen As a train weaves its way through Russia to the Arctic Circle, two strangers share a journey that will change their perspective on life. A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the Arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to… Continue reading Compartment No.6