Posts Tagged ‘Andrei Zvyagintsev’

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SIFF Film Review – Elena

July 11th, 2012 | POSTED BY Edward Davidson

In the new Russian film Elena, which premiered locally at the Seattle International Film Festival, Nadezhda Markina stars as the title character. In her early 60s, she is a dutiful wife to her rather cold and curmudgeonly older husband, Vladimir (played by Andrey Smirnov). Each…

Film Review – The Return

August 15th, 2010 | POSTED BY Chad Eng

This Russian movie was recommended to me by a friend who likes his plots simple and direct and moving. This movie has all of these things and, despite not being all that uplifting, has even MORE than just these things. It’s about two brothers who…