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The Stoker

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Maj. Skryabin, a shellshocked veteran of the Afghan-Soviet War, shovels coal into an incinerator all day. He writes a novel and ignores a former comrade that has become a hitman -- who disposes of corpses in the furnace.

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Michael Brooke Sight & Sound The experience becomes unnervingly intoxicating. Jul 31, 2018 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian It's full of idiosyncratic, almost suicidal directorial choices - a noodly guitar score, inexpressive, doll-like actors - yet weirdly cuts to the heart of a country that's been taken over by such unlovely characters. Rated: 3/5 May 16, 2013 Full Review David Jenkins Little White Lies Fits all the richness and lurid eccentricity of a Scorsese gang epic into 83 pocket-sized minutes. Rated: 4/5 May 16, 2013 Full Review Patrick Gamble CineVue Combines the stilted jet black comedy of Jim Jarmusch and Aki Kaurismaki with a decisively Russian sensibility, to create a fascinating deconstruction of post-Soviet society. Rated: 4/5 Feb 25, 2019 Full Review Hannah McGill The List Stange, dark and clever, with a sense of Rabelaisian excess and moral murkiness that's tempered by an ambiguous but unexpectedly forceful moral message, the film address personal responsibility, cruelty and creativity in shady times ... Rated: 4/5 May 17, 2013 Full Review Matthew Turner ViewLondon Blackly comic, deceptively deadpan Russian drama that's both surprisingly moving and contains moments of genuinely shocking violence ... Rated: 4/5 May 16, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Si me preguntan de que trata la peli, dire que de gente caminando entre nieve y un viejito escribiendo a maquina Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Maj. Skryabin, a shellshocked veteran of the Afghan-Soviet War, shovels coal into an incinerator all day. He writes a novel and ignores a former comrade that has become a hitman -- who disposes of corpses in the furnace.
Director
Aleksey Balabanov
Producer
Sergey Selyanov
Screenwriter
Aleksey Balabanov
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Russian
Runtime
1h 27m