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  • Summary: In a desolate, sun-scorched corner of the world, an elderly woman has come to see her beloved grandson, a young officer stationed at a remote military outpost. With the enemy just beyond the compound, she wanders the barracks, observing the routine of military life, before making a sudden trip to the outlying countryside. (The Cinema Guild) Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. A film of startling originality and beauty -- feels like a communiqué from another time, another place, anywhere but here.
  2. In the hands of visionary filmmaker Alexander Sokurov, this simple material makes for a haunting drama about war, generational relationships and the human condition.
  3. It's unlike any other war film, in any language.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Negative: 3 out of 11
  1. DickC.
    10
    Erotic and delicious I had a huge erection throughout.
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  2. Andrew
    4
    War is wasteful, somewhat futile and extremely destructive. Occasionally necessary. The Russian Army is financially and philosophically bankrupt. Does anyone not know any of this? If so, watch this film and learn. If not, don't. Yeah, yeah, I know... it's a metaphor for the torpor of Russian history and its tortured soul. The lead, cellist Mistislav Rostropovish's wife, is wonderful. And I'm an ardent fan of slowly-paced, earthy portrayals of this sort. Stil, I couldn't stand to watch more than 60 minutes of this 90-minute film. Have seen it all before, umpteen times, though perhaps not staged as if it occurs in Chechnya. Expand
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  3. AKirk
    3
    I went into this film expecting something really wonderful. I must have missed the point somewhere...probably when I fell asleep. This film is very very slow. Expand
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