Set in the aftermath of World War II, this dazzling movie centers on two friends who are each casualties of a historical trauma. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...
The title character in “Beanpole” is a thin, towering young woman named Iya (Viktoria Miroshnichenko), with wary blue eyes and almost translucent skin, as if she were willing herself to disappear. Nor ...
Kantemir Balagov is repping Russia for the International Feature Film Oscar for the first time, with his second film, Beanpole. The story of the plight of two women in a devastated post-WWII Leningrad ...
She fades in and out sometimes. They call it post-concussion syndrome, but basically Iya (Viktoria Miroshnichenko) just shuts down. Her body stiffens, her face goes blank and her breathing becomes ...
Extraordinary performances and "Roma"-level production design elevate a brutal yet tender story of two women in post-war Leningrad. Iya (Viktoria Miroshnichenko) suffers from post-concussion syndrome ...
Leningrad. 1945. The Russian city is less than two years removed from the end of a 30-month siege in which a million citizens died, most from starvation. Food remains in short supply; people without ...
Services to share this page. EXCLUSIVE: After winning the FIPRESCI prize for Tesnota (Closeness) two years ago at Cannes, Russian director Kantemir Balagov returns with Beanpole a story about the ...
Iya (Viktoria Miroshnichenko) suffers from post-concussion syndrome after fighting on the frontlines during the Siege. Now a nurse in a musty Leningrad hospital that heaves with the dead and dying, ...
Those who found “1917” the wrong kind of “harrowing” — the fun kind — will surely experience the Russian drama “Beanpole” a different way. Making its Chicago premiere Friday at the Gene Siskel Film ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This slow-motion twist of the gut features impressive first-time performances from two actors Balagov plucked from obscurity in a ...
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