After a long hiatus, Father returns. Mother lets him take their two sons on a trip. Things happen. Could it be any more basic? Love it: the stark arc of the story, the imagery, the music. Four stars seems about right for Vozvrashcheniye / The Return / Возвращение (2003/2004): "A Film by Andrey Zvyagintsev" made for the equivalent of under a million US bucks. Official site is here: http://www.kino.com/thereturn/
Unlike the trailer, in easy-to-follow Russian with subtitles. Father reminds me of Billy Bob Thornton without the wisecracks. Overall, sort of like Affliction in miniature or Deliverance without the intelopers. Trust me . . .
2 comments:
Sounds interesting. I watched "The Fourth Kind" tonight, a very different sort of movie. ;)
That one looks like the demonic possession one of late, too. Alaska, eh?
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