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Audience Member Exceptional film at all levels. Reminded me of Wong Kar Wei's films both stylistically and thematically. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member If you can manage not to walk out after the first 45 minutes, it's actually quite enjoyable. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member a tough film if you're not prepared for german's style of wandering camera, overlapping conversations, and subtle ambiguity. in fact the director has stated he doubts western audiences can ever fully appreciate it, due to the specific period of history invoked. set in flashback in 1935, before the stalinist purges and after the great famine, it's a tale told by an old man about his father and his friends and the apartment they shared in those days when it seemed things could only get better and no one knew what was to come. one of the inhabitants is a chief of the secret police, idealized in the boy's memory as a generous, principled and courageous man, ivan lapshin. the first half gives us some sense of the man's temperament and relationships, the second is more focused on a police investigation into a brutal gang of killers. a fascinating array of stunning images of a bleak soviet winter long ago, vastly rewarding if u can adjust to its' unique rhythm Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member The plot points along the way have all been done before, but the matter-of-fact tone makes the more emotional moments, as underplayed as they are, ring more truly. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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