Silent Souls
aka Ovsyanki
Screened in December 2011
Director: Aleksei Fedorchenko. Cast: Igor Sergeev, Yuri Tsurilo, Yuliya Aug, Ivan Tushin, Viktor Sukhorukov, Yulia Tushina, Olga Dobrina, Leisan Sitdikova, Vyacheslav Melechov. Screenplay: Denis Osokin.
Twitter Capsule: Tender, enigmatic, contentedly odd elegy for a wife, a friend, a father, and a culture; like Auden meeting Kaurismäki

Photo © 2010 Shadow Distribution/Memento Films
Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B


Awards:
Venice Film Festival: FIPRESCI Prize; Technical Contribution (Mikhail Krichman, cinematography)

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