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Synopsis

The invasion of a village in Belarus by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle

Year1985
CountryRussia
DirectorElem Klimov
Cinematic Threads
I wasn’t thinking of other Holocaust films. I was thinking of films that pushed the boundaries of experience, such as Come and See, The Turin Horse, Au hasard Balthazar.

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