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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 07/31/2018
The experience becomes unnervingly intoxicating. Go to Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian 05/16/2013
3/5
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. Go to Full Review David Jenkins Little White Lies 05/16/2013
4/5
Fits all the richness and lurid eccentricity of a Scorsese gang epic into 83 pocket-sized minutes. Go to Full Review Patrick Gamble CineVue 02/25/2019
4/5
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. Go to Full Review Hannah McGill The List 05/17/2013
4/5
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 ... Go to Full Review Matthew Turner ViewLondon 05/16/2013
4/5
Blackly comic, deceptively deadpan Russian drama that's both surprisingly moving and contains moments of genuinely shocking violence ... Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Donald W 06/07/2024 Bleak? Not at all.Chockablock full of humor and surprises. The revealed bits of our hero's novel will live with me forever. If you do not fall in love with Major Skryabin, you need to watch it again. See more 11/13/2011 Si me preguntan de que trata la peli, dire que de gente caminando entre nieve y un viejito escribiendo a maquina See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Aleksey Balabanov

Director

Mikhail Skryabin

Kochegar

Yuriy Matveev

Vassily Bizon

Aleksandr Mosin

Sergeant

Aida Tumutova

Sasha

Anna Korotayeva

Masha

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Movie Info

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