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Movie · 1994

Burnt by the Sun

A moving and poignant story set against the corrupt politics of the Stalinist era.

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Slow burn dread Idyllic doom Political repression Domestic intimacy Psychological betrayal Nostalgic melancholy

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Release
1994
Runtime
135 min

Synopsis

Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his dacha with his young wife and six-year-old daughter Nadia and other assorted family and friends. Things change dramatically with the unheralded arrival of Cousin Dmitri from Moscow, who charms the women and little Nadia with his games and pianistic bravura. But Kotov isn't fooled: this is the time of Stalin's repression, with telephone calls in the middle of the night spelling doom - and he knows that Dmitri isn't paying a social call...

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