A Gentle Creature

(Krotkaya)

In Conversation

  • Eric Naiman is a Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at UC Berkeley.

featuring

Valeriu Andriuta, Boris Kamorzin, Vasilina Makovtseva, Liya Akhedzhakova,

A woman lives alone on the outskirts of a village in Russia. One day she receives a parcel she sent to her incarcerated husband, marked “Return to sender.” Shocked and confused, the woman has no choice but to travel to her husband’s prison in a remote region of the country in search of an explanation. So begins the story of a battle against an impenetrable fortress, a prison in which the forces of social evil are constantly at work. Braving violence and humiliation, in the face of all opposition, our protagonist embarks on a blind quest for justice.

FILM DETAILS 
Screenwriter
  • Sergei Loznitsa
Based On
  • a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Cinematographer
  • Oleg Mutu
Language
  • Russian
  • with English subtitles
Print Info
  • Color
  • DCP
  • 143 mins
Source
  • Wild Bunch

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