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Leviathan
Kolya (Madyanov) faces a bid by corrupt local mayor to take his land.
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Loveless
Andrei Zvyagintsev (Leviathan, Elena, The Return) has created a blistering winter’s tale, with a disintegrating marriage and the disappearance of a child at its emotional pivot.
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Talking About Trees
Once, they were acclaimed film directors; today they are virtually forgotten.
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Mr. Jones
Set in the 1930s, amid the posturing and jostling preceding WWII, Mr.
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Compartment No. 6
In the tradition of train films, which adds huit clos to the direction and serendipity of the road trip genre, Russian train films form class apart: claustrophobic quarters shared with a medley of imposed companions within; monotonous, unwelcoming taiga without; the tedious stasis of the long journey unalleviated by surly staff and bad food.
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Two Prosecutors
A young Soviet prosecutor seeks justice for a political prisoner during Joseph Stalin’s Great Purge.
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