Based on Valentin Rasputin's story of the same title. The winter of 1945. In a village on the Angara embankment the women wait the return of their husbands from the front. The young soldier Andrei Guskov, who fled from the hospital, returns as a deserter. In his remote winter hut only his wife Nastena visits him : she is the only person whom he can trust with his life - of an eternal fugitive doomed to loneliness. Only she loves him. She lives in the present, remembers the past and does not believe in the future. She will have a child, and to the entire village she is an unfaithful wife who did not wait for her husband to return...
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Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
I saw this film at Russian film festival in London and i absolutely LOVED it! The actors were brilliant! and very convincing! The shots are amazing! Operators work is just out of this world (maybe it's cos i was watching it at the cinema but i thought the scenes were beautifully shot and you really feel like you are right there, in the siberian village, even though they filmed it near Novgorod, nowhere near siberia). The film tells a story of a army officer during world war 2 who deserted his company because he really wanted to see his wife who he hasn't seen for 4 years. In those times if you are deserter you'll be shot if they catch you so he has to hide on an island not far from his village. Only his wife knows about him and she helps him out with food etc. You can really feel this rough love between them, they are simple people but they love each other and show it only the way they can, you won't see any soapiness or anything teary in it, just tough real love. The film is actually based on a novel but the ending is different... I won't spoil it for you - you have to see it for yourself but it won't be your usual "hollywood end". I loved this film, and would definitely go to see it again...
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