Indie
This exhilarating Yakutian action drama film (coming from the Republic of Sakha, in the Arctic Circle) has many international and relatable themes: protecting your family, taking revenge upon a perpetrator. Director Burnashev successfully conveys the pain and emotion of a parent in a hard situation.
Synopsis
A heinous crime is committed in a remote Russian village. The evidence points to Police Officer Afonya. The locals are ready to take matters into their own hands. Investigator Nikolai must quickly find out all of the facts of this case before they do.
Yakut and Russian language, with hard coded English subtitles.
23-year-old student Alyona returns from Moscow to Yakutsk after learning that her mother has gone missing. Alyona begins to investigate the disappearance, and the trail leads her to a small remote village named Symyr. She travels to Symyr in search of her mother, only to discover that there are evil spirits roaming the land.
Director Stepan Burnashev crafts an eerie slower-burning psychological thriller, based on Ayi faith, folklore and local legends of spirits. Using the stunning Siberian countryside vistas as a backdrop, this beautifully shot Yakuti film is unsettling - Combining a contemporary visual style with age-old legends.
The film is presented in it's original Yakut language, with hard-coded English subtitles.
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Tom's doctor at the Eating Disorder Clinic where she is committed says that she's getting better. The thought of getting healthy and heavy scares her. It looks like it is going to be the worst day of her life. And then Tom meets Neil, a socially awkward tuba player. Together they try to escape from their lives and all that is considered socially acceptable.
Don't Forget Me is a dark yet heartwarming indie comedy about the need to be out of your mind in order to fall madly in love.
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A husband and wife decide to divorce after ten years of marriage. It's the only way out of a stretched unsuccessful marriage, where each of them believes that they have not fully realized their potential and the change will give impetus to a new life and forgotten dreams. But only after the divorce, they realize that it was all just an illusion and that in fact the problem was not the marriage. A story of broken dreams and unfulfilled potential, but also of high aspirations and hope.
Set in the city of Yakutsk (the coldest city on Earth, in the Siberian Circle), this Yakuti arthouse drama film intimately depicts the downward spiral escalation of a failing marriage, until the point of no return.
Presented in original Yakuti language, with hard-coded English subtitles.
