I did not particularly like this movie. During the Soviet times many Russian movies portrayed religious people as stupid and narrow-minded. In the 90's the trend reversed and this movie is an example of it. Too much emphasis on religion, and you feel that the makers of the movie are trying to push religion on you (whatever religion it might be).
The movie also attempts to be fancy-shmancy with symbolism, but the attempts seem quite forced.
The portrayal of a Russian village of the mid-90's is fairly accurate, but that's about the only redeeming feature of this flick.
> and as far as this goes, 60% of Russian population lives in villages > like the one shown
What an ignorant comment! FYI, 75% of Russians live in urban environments, and of the remaining 25% plenty live in quite prosperous villages (such as one where I spent most of the summers of my childhood in the early and mid-90's which is exactly when the movie is supposed to be taking place).
The movie also attempts to be fancy-shmancy with symbolism, but the attempts seem quite forced.
The portrayal of a Russian village of the mid-90's is fairly accurate, but that's about the only redeeming feature of this flick.
> and as far as this goes, 60% of Russian population lives in villages > like the one shown
What an ignorant comment! FYI, 75% of Russians live in urban environments, and of the remaining 25% plenty live in quite prosperous villages (such as one where I spent most of the summers of my childhood in the early and mid-90's which is exactly when the movie is supposed to be taking place).