Oleg

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Oleg

2019

1h 48m

Drama

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A young Latvian butcher travels to Brussels in search of a better wage, but a series of misfortunes leads him to a life of crime.

Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

I'm not sure I quite believed the way in which this story is played out, but there is an abrasive energy to it.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 23, 2021

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Simran Hans

Observer (UK)

The film refuses to get bogged down in the bleakness of Oleg's predicament, with Kursietis's irrepressibly lively handheld camera emphasising his protagonist's sense of perpetual forward motion.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 21, 2021

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Guy Lodge

Variety

Its barrelling, unsteady construction only matches the panicked chaos of its subject's own day-to-day existence: Like many a disregarded citizen of nowhere, Oleg doesn't have time to breathe and compose himself before finding his next temporary life.

Jul 9, 2019

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Vassilis Kroustallis

Film Is A Fine Affair

Kursietis successfully mounts tension in a gripping drama of characters which won't stray away from its main target: to show that a European dreamer can be a contradiction in terms.

Nov 30, 2019

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

Ogrodnik - so impressive in 2017's Silent Night - is magnetic again here as minor criminal Andrzej, flipping between aggression and comradeship with the ease of the click of a TV remote.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jun 2, 2019

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Although Oleg presents a familiar scenario and avoids melodramatic tactics, it's difficult to imagine Kursietis standing out amongst other contemporary Baltic titles, but it's an often understated offering featuring a fine lead performance.

Rated: 2.5/5

May 30, 2019

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Synopsis

A young Latvian butcher travels to Brussels in search of a better wage, but a series of misfortunes leads him to a life of crime.

Director: Juris Kursietis
Producer: Aija Berzina, Guillaume de Seille, Alise Gelze, Lukas Trimonis, Isabelle Truc
Screenwriter: Juris Kursietis, Liga Celma-Kursiete, Kaspars Odins
Production Co: Iota Production, Umedia, Arizona Productions, Tasse Film, In Script
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Russian
Runtime: 1h 48m