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After being absent for 12
years, a man returns to take his two teenage sons for a holiday on a
remote island. "Andrey Zvyagintsev's superb debut film
about an errant father and his two sons was the resounding Golden Lion
winner at last year's Venice film festival, an award made piquant by the
fact that its 16-year-old star Vladimir Garin was drowned shortly after
filming in a terrible accident that mirrored the movie itself. An
old-fashioned, satisfying piece of storytelling which looks languorously
beautiful, while at the same time fastening itself to your attention
like the bite of a snake." Reviewed by Peter Bradshaw, Guardian official site | full BBCi review | Guardian/ Observer reviews | full film programme |
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