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A Gentle Creature

2017, Movie, 2h 23min

A woman lives in a small village in Russia. One day she receives the parcel she sent to her husband, serving a sentence in prison. Confused and angered, she sets out to find why her package was returned to sender.

Country: France,Lithuania,Netherlands,Ukraine,Latvia,Germany,Russia

Director:

Sergei Loznitsa

Cast:

Sergey Russkin,

Boris Kamorzin,

Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov,

Roza Khairullina

Reviews

Critic Robbie Collin

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...a wildly ambitious, persistently jaw-dropping odyssey into Russia’s heartless darkness.

Read full review at The Telegraph

Critic Peter Bradshaw

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...has a gaunt sense of its own Russianness, and it has also a kind of Ancient Mariner address to the audience: it is gripping and absorbing in its way

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Sofia Olsson

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...en stillsam nedstigning i ett byråkratiskt, korrupt, alkoholiserat och våldsamt inferno, skildrat med en krass humor...

Read full review at Svt Kulturnyheterna

Critic Karoline Eriksson

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...skulle göra Roy Andersson imponerad.

Read full review at Göteborgs-Posten

Critic Wanda Bendjelloul

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...fantastisk träffsäkerhet när det gäller att skriva dialog och skapa miljöer.

Read full review at Dagens Nyheter

Critic Calle Wahlström

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...finner för det mesta en engagerande balans mellan situationens svärta och absurditet vilket resulterar i en trovärdig satir...

Read full review at Nöjesguiden

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In "A Gentle Creature," a woman living in rural Russia receives a package she sent to her imprisoned husband, marked "return to sender." Confused and angered, she embarks on a journey to the remote prison to uncover the truth. Along the way, she faces numerous obstacles and challenges, but remains determined in her quest for justice. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa, this film offers a powerful critique of totalitarianism and the dehumanizing effects of oppression.

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