In the mid-1980s, a Siberian gang leader is exiled to a small town on the Ukrainian border where he teaches his grandson the “honest criminal” code.
The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The only law it obeys… is its own. Against this backdrop two best friends, Kolyma and Gagarin, gradually become fierce enemies as they find themselves on opposite sides of the strict code of honour of the ‘honest criminal’ brotherhood.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and bleak.
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- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
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Cast
- John MalkovichGrandfather Kuzya
- Arnas FedaravičiusKolyma
- Vilius TumalaviciusGagarin
- Eleanor TomlinsonXenya
- Peter StormareInk
- Jonas TrukanasMel
- Andrius PaulavičiusRussian Sergeant
- Donatas ŠimukauskasRussian Soldier
- Vitalij PorshnevVitalic
- Arvydas LebeliūnasDoctor
Crew
- Gabriele SalvatoresDirector
- Sandro PetragliaScreenplay
- Stefano RulliScreenplay
- Gabriele SalvatoresScreenplay
- Nicolai LilinNovel
- Italo PetriccioneDirector of Photography
- Mauro PaganiOriginal Music Composer
- Massimo FiocchiEditor
- Marco ChimenzProducer
- Giovanni StabiliniProducer
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