Compartment No. 6

Name: Compartment No. 6
Genre: Drama
Released: November 19, 2021
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 80
Cast: Dinara Drukarova, Galina Petrova, Konstantin Murzenko, Natalya Drozd, Polina Aug

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: November 19, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Dinara Drukarova, Galina Petrova, Konstantin Murzenko, Natalya Drozd, Polina Aug, Seidi Haarla, Tomi Alatalo, Vladimir Lysenko, Yuliya Aug, Yuriy Borisov

Summary: A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger than life Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of Compartment No. 6 to face major truths about human connection.

Director: Juho Kuosmanen

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 107 min

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Ann Hornaday

Feb 17, 2022

Kuosmanen has given us another affair to remember, this time about love as something for which you’d not just go to the ends of the Earth, but to the beginning of time. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Jan 25, 2022

Part of what makes Compartment No. 6 engrossing and effective is how Kuosmanen plays with tone. Read full review

Aparita Bhandari

Sep 11, 2021

Russia’s stark landscape makes for breathtaking and sometimes comical scenes. This is a trip well worth taking. Read full review

Dave Calhoun

Jul 13, 2021

The performances, the writing and the direction all conspire to make it feel fresh and specific, and as bleak as the settings may be, it has a delicious black comic streak and shares the buzz of personal re-awakening without ever feeling obvious or cheap. It turns out to be a beacon of warmth amid a frozen wasteland. Read full review

Steve Davis

Mar 17, 2022

For a while, you wonder whether the movie will become a thriller about the perils of solo travel, particularly for single females. But the intimacy of director Kuosmanen’s Dogme 95-inspired camerawork hints that something more is happening here. Read full review

The Playlist Elena Lazic

Jul 12, 2021

Compartment No.6 is at its best when it unveils the gap between its characters’ true identities and the parts that they choose to play. Read full review

Richard Brody

Jan 25, 2022

The movie sinks, fast and deep, under the weight of dramatic shortcuts, overemphatic details, undercooked possibilities, unconsidered implications. Read full review

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GaaliSeenu

Mar 27, 2022

Based in late 1990s Russia Male protagonist is a Uber Russian male alcoholic miner

Female protagonist is a Finnish lesbian university student They happen to take a multi-day train ride sharing the same train compartment across Russia How at the end of the journey they connect is theBased in late 1990s Russia Male protagonist is a Uber Russian male alcoholic miner

Female protagonist is a Finnish lesbian university student

They happen to take a multi-day train ride sharing the same train compartment across Russia How at the end of the journey they connect is the basic human drama they never f*** but awesome love story

You will come out of the theater with a WIDE GRIN on your face 100 times better than Titanic for a Love story

Obviously they are poles apart so they don't get together forever but it's haunting when she eventually leaves

Great movie about:

Companionship
Friendship
Travel
Human connection
Bleak beautiful landscapes
Shot on the train with long haunting shots of train tracks passing by

This will be a serious Oscar contender next year… Expand

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AncientAmber

Jun 22, 2022

It's perfectly acted and incredibly naturalistic.

I'm only giving it an 8 because its scope and originality is a little lacking, but what it attempts to do, it succeeds in almost completely. Every actor was basically perfect but major props to the lead male who just exudes this kindaIt's perfectly acted and incredibly naturalistic.

I'm only giving it an 8 because its scope and originality is a little lacking, but what it attempts to do, it succeeds in almost completely.

Every actor was basically perfect but major props to the lead male who just exudes this kinda restless self-hatred - or is it extreme loneliness? - so convincingly that no exposition/explanation is required; and is somehow boisterous and a bit scary and vulnerable all at once. Great job. The only thing I didn't really like was the Finnish dude. I know we aren't meant to like him, but even so, I found that too much time was spent on that episode for little value.

Very similar vibes to Lost in Translation, but it is still very much it's own thing. Also thankfully I didn't fall in love with the main character like I do every goddamn time with Scarlett Johannson.

Haista vittu.… Expand

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steveinadelaide

Jul 27, 2022

Compartment No. 6 tells the story of a woman who ends up in a train compartment with a man she does not know. The two of them start to talk and it quickly becomes apparent that they have a lot in common. As they continue to talk, the woman starts to realize that the man may be more than heCompartment No. 6 tells the story of a woman who ends up in a train compartment with a man she does not know. The two of them start to talk and it quickly becomes apparent that they have a lot in common. As they continue to talk, the woman starts to realize that the man may be more than he seems. As the story progresses, the true nature of the man is revealed, and the woman must decide whether to trust him. The two lead performances are excellent, and the chemistry between the two actors is palpable. The film is visually stunning, and the setting of the train adds to the atmosphere of paranoia and claustrophobia. Unfortunately, the arc of the story becomes predictable early on, and the pace is so slow that one needs to be very patient to get through it. Some may find the payoff rewarding but, for me, it left me feeling hollow. Compartment No. 6 is a well-acted and beautifully shot film that falls victim to its own predictability. If you are willing to take your time with it, you may find something to appreciate. However, if you are looking for a fast-paced thriller, you will be disappointed.… Expand

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Brent_Marchant

Feb 18, 2022

I'll be blunt about this one -- I just didn't get it, and I don't know what the fuss is all about. Director Juho Kuosmanen's third feature tells the story of young Finnish archaeology student who travels from Moscow to Murmansk to see a collection of fabled Russian petroglyphs after beingI'll be blunt about this one -- I just didn't get it, and I don't know what the fuss is all about. Director Juho Kuosmanen's third feature tells the story of young Finnish archaeology student who travels from Moscow to Murmansk to see a collection of fabled Russian petroglyphs after being unceremoniously ditched by her girlfriend, a tale that meanders more than the tracks of the train on which she travels. To a great degree that's precipitated by the implausible "relationship" that slowly simmers between the protagonist and the drunken, lecherous, oversexed traveling companion who shares her train compartment, a working class lout who, when he's not excessively imbibing in anything alcoholic, engages in various forms of threatening and sexually aggressive behavior. (And we're supposed to believe that she's legitimately developing an attraction to someone like that? Yeah, sure.) And this is just the first of many illogical plot devices that pepper a narrative that increasingly lacks believability the further one gets into the film, including elements that unfold on its endless train trip and upon arrival in Murmansk, where yet another set of wholly unlikely events emerges. I didn't buy any of it, not for a minute, and I don't understand how others could, either. This one goes off the rails early on and never manages to get back on track, and, by movie's end, I'd be hard-pressed to understand why anyone would care anyway.… Expand

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