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I was not really familiar with this movie of its director but since it won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film festival, I thought I should give it a try. Basically, it is one of those movies where there is no action scenes, barely any dialogs but loads and loads of symbolism. So, it is an aquired taste and you either dig this style or you don't. I must say the whole thing, especially the directing... read more

Two teenage Russian boys have their father return home suddenly after being absent for 12 years. The father takes the boys on a holiday to a remote island on a lake in the north of Russia that turns into a test of manhood of almost mythic proportions.