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In the Fog
Directed by:
Sergei LoznitsaScreenplay:
Sergei LoznitsaCinematography:
Oleg MutuCast:
Vladimir Svirskiy, Vladislav Abashin, Sergei Kolesov, Yulia Peresild, Nadezhda Markina, Vlad Ivanov, Борис Каморзин, Timofey Tribuntsev, Кирилл Петров (more)VOD (1)
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It is 1942 and the western edge of the USSR is under German occupation. In the region, local partisans are waging a brutal battle against their foreign enemies. Sushenya, an innocent rail worker, is arrested with a band of saboteurs when a train is derailed not far from his village. The German officer decides to set him free rather than hang him with the others, but rumors of Sushenya's treason spread quickly and partisans Burov and Voitik seek revenge. Captured by the partisans, Sushenya is led through the forest where they are ambushed. Soon he finds himself one-on-one with his wounded enemy, forced to make a moral choice under immoral circumstances. (Strand Releasing)
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Andrej Tarkovskij might be the father of all Russian pensive dramas... The murderously slow pace of the film does it no harm, responding to the hastiness of time and place, and prepares the ground for lengthy dialogue scenes that don’t lack tension and the thorough depiction of the characters. The precise wide-angle camera shows only what is absolutely necessary for moving the story forward and creating the atmosphere of the given scene. The director has a feel for rendering historical details. You can feel the Belarusian winter, fascist death and greasy bread with onions with your every pore. Textbook filmmaking, but of course not for multiplexes.
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