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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 25 m

Summary Puttin's Kiss portrays contemporary life in Russia through the story of Masha, a 19 year-old girl who is a member of Nashi, a political youth organization connected with the Kremlin. Extremely ambitious, the young Masha quickly rises to the top of Nashi, but begins to question her involvement when a dissident journalist whom she has befr...

Directed By: Lise Birk Pedersen

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 25 m

Putin's Kiss

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Puttin's Kiss portrays contemporary life in Russia through the story of Masha, a 19 year-old girl who is a member of Nashi, a political youth organization connected with the Kremlin. Extremely ambitious, the young Masha quickly rises to the top of Nashi, but begins to question her involvement when a dissident journalist whom she has befr...

Directed By: Lise Birk Pedersen

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Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
52
33% Positive
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Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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75
Feb 17, 2012
More than just the portrait of a naive young woman. It's a frightening look at Putin's warped version of democracy.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 14, 2012
The picture still tells a riveting story about contempo Russia's darkest side.
By Leslie Felperin FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 14, 2012
This amusing Danish doc aimed at TV audiences portrays Masha as an ambitious, intelligent, right-wing young lady who comes fatefully into contact with a bunch of left-wing journalists and loses her bearings. The overall effect is tragi-comic, even considering the dark events that bring the film to an unexpected dramatic climax.
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50
Mar 8, 2012
Pederson has no smoking gun that connects Nashi to dirty tricks or violence, but there are plenty of both swirling around Moscow.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 14, 2012
Though Masha's courage is considerable, her change of heart finally feels too nuanced for Pedersen's streamlined political-drama treatment, complete with persistent intrigue music and scenes of Masha restating her dilemma to friends that seem rather canned.
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40
Feb 16, 2012
Political menace stalks youthful idealism in Putin's Kiss, a portentous, rather creepy documentary that masks its lack of historical context with an atmosphere of accumulating threat.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 14, 2012
Lise Birk Pedersen's documentary offers some compelling peeks into Russia's bureaucratic skulduggery, but her attempt to frame the situation through a young convert's coming of age never really coheres. Innocence was lost; so, apparently, was much of the insightful commentary.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Danmarks Radio (DR), ITVS International, Made in Copenhagen, Monday
Release Date Feb 17, 2012
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline What happens when your enemies become your friends?
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Awards

Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Bodil Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Hong Kong International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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