How I Ended This Summer

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How I Ended This Summer

2010

2h 4m

Drama

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43 Reviews

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1,000+ Ratings

Two men at a remote Arctic base begin mistrusting each other after an important radio message.

Philip French

Guardian

It has a pared down quality that invites, indeed virtually compels, the viewer to see it as some kind of allegory.

Apr 23, 2011

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

It proceeds at a dour and Russian kind of pace, mildly intriguing without ever cranking up the pressure to become compelling.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 22, 2011

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

A gripping, involving and wonderfully acted piece of work.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 21, 2011

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

Good character work and a painfully slow build-up combine to make Alexei Popogrebski’s 2010 thriller How I Ended This Summer a memorable success.

Rated: 8/10

Oct 6, 2024

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Bleak and unfulfilling psychological thriller set at a Russian meteorological camp on a desolate island in the Arctic Circle.

Rated: C+

Jan 11, 2012

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Simon Weaving

Screenwize

A cinematic and dramatic treat, this spectacular piece of contemporary Russian filmmaking follows two meteorologists stationed on a remote Arctic island. An allegory on old and new Russia, it's part art-house thriller and part atmospheric poetry.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 26, 2011

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Audience Member

Unsatisfactory. Inexplicable characters and thus plot. Watch it for the scenery only.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

fantastic character-driven movie. Love these two actors.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Audience Member

Fierce moral drama and what a jackass of a main character.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

Gurellia Film-Making At An Extra-Ordinary Level Of Isolation Bring A Desolate Northern-Russia Landscape Alive. The Slow Pace, Bizarre Story & Bland Script Pushed My Limit Of Carte-Factor. I Watched This In Two Seperate Hours & Still Found It A Real Struggle. If It Weren't For The Amazing Landscape Photography I'd Have Given It A Near Zero.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

gr8 to look at thats about it flimsy plot slowly too slowly paced and one character is in the same clothes for the whole movie-gross.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Unreasonably lengthy.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Aleksei Popogrebsky

Director

Grigoriy Dobrygin

Pavel

Sergey Puskepalis

Sergei

Igor Csernyevics

Sofronov

Ilya Sobolev

Volodia

Artyom Tsukanov

Stas

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Synopsis

Two men at a remote Arctic base begin mistrusting each other after an important radio message.

Director: Aleksei Popogrebsky
Producer: Roman Borisevich, Aleksandr Kushaev
Screenwriter: Aleksei Popogrebsky
Production Co: Telekanal Rossiya, Koktebel Film Company
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Russian
Release Date (Streaming): May 10, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $8.1K
Runtime: 2h 4m