Bitter Juniper

May. 15,1986      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

1943. Buryad Ulas. In a hinterland in far Siberia, many kilometers far from the front battle line there is a small buryad village. Though there is no place in a country unaffected by War. This village is no exception. All men went to the battle-front, only children, women and old men are left. You need to survive somehow, bring up the smallest, and take care of the ill and old, aid army. 15-year old teenagers shoulders are heavily loaded with war-time and rear chores. They also strive to go to the battle-front, want to fight for their motherland side by side with their fathers and brothers, but they realize that when mothers are out, there are nobody, except them, to take care of kids, graze horses, work on mills and do many other things.

Pyotr Abasheev as  Irinchin

Reviews

Grimerlana
1986/05/15

Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

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Actuakers
1986/05/16

One of my all time favorites.

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Curapedi
1986/05/17

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

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Philippa
1986/05/18

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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