Both an unusual film and yet doesnt stray far enough from standard tropes of romcoms/
Unusual in the sense that this is set in the hinterlands of Russia, not a geography known for movie sets.
The locales are as much of a cast as the likeable leads.
Mostly a two hander with a Finnish woman and a Russian man who meet on a train and forge a connection, sort of.
The lady is an archeological student and is keen to visit Petroglyphs, we never see them except in a book, no spoilers here.
The Russian is a typical for a russian male I guess, with the booze and ciggies flowing non stop.
They first rub up against eash other and then the thaw. It's handled unfussily and typical of the locales not too much of emotions in play.
The ending is ambigous in keeping with the theme of a brief encounter.
Worth wathcing for the Russki trains, ice laden far lands and a peep into a socialist Russia lost now, probably forever.
The locales are as much of a cast as the likeable leads.
Mostly a two hander with a Finnish woman and a Russian man who meet on a train and forge a connection, sort of.
The lady is an archeological student and is keen to visit Petroglyphs, we never see them except in a book, no spoilers here.
The Russian is a typical for a russian male I guess, with the booze and ciggies flowing non stop.
They first rub up against eash other and then the thaw. It's handled unfussily and typical of the locales not too much of emotions in play.
The ending is ambigous in keeping with the theme of a brief encounter.
Worth wathcing for the Russki trains, ice laden far lands and a peep into a socialist Russia lost now, probably forever.