DVD Sukhodol
Run time: 89 min
Rating: 6.5
Genres: Drama | History | Romance
Director: Aleksandra Strelyanaya
Writers: Aleksandra Strelyanaya
Stars: Yana Esipovich, Oleg Garkusha, Elena Kalinina
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Storyline This story takes place in Dry Valley, a village owned by the noble family of Khrushevs. We see it with the eyes of Natalia, young and naive girl who serves in their country house. We share her love, dedication to her masters, mystical experience, exile, betrayal and faith, which come one after another, while the Dry Valley is falling to pieces, slowly but inevitably, as well as the lives of its inhabitants. Written by Anonymous |
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Details: Country: Russia Release Date: 24 November 2011 (Poland) |
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Like many Russian movies from a wonderful new wave impressed by Tarkovsky, "The Dry Valley" is a visual delight. Angles making landscapes come alive, lens focuses bring colors and interest to levels of a Grand Master's painting.
The plot summary misses the movie severely. The initial dialogue establishes the whole movie as a look back on youth and coming of age by a woman well on in years. Look at her hands! Some very humorous insights to the human conditions of 19th century Russia are subtly addressed with a young woman and her uncle's observations of the fictions communities will develop to explain and endure their country existences. Respecting the various religious inclinations of many people is handled with grace and humility. The exorcism scene is truthful to the Eastern Orthodox traditions, as are the gentle acceptances of individual uniqueness. It is wonderful to see Yana Esipovich extend her quite capable acting to more extensive investigations, than certainly you saw in "The Island", also a spirituality dominant film. Watch this one several times, as you would a Tarkovsky film. Director and Writer Alexandra Strelyanaya shows impressive depth in her insights and directing.