Beanpole
Ferocious and extraordinary. You often have to remind yourself to breathe.
Beanpole
In post-WWII Leningrad, two women, Iya and Masha (astonishing newcomers Viktoria Miroshnichenko and Vasilisa Perelygina), intensely bonded after fighting side by side as anti-aircraft gunners, attempt to readjust to a haunted world. As the film begins, Iya, long and slender and towering over everyone -- hence the film's title -- works as a nurse in a shell-shocked hospital, presiding over traumatized soldiers. A shocking accident brings them closer and also seals their fates. The 28-year-old Russian director Kantemir Balagov won Un Certain Regard's Best Director prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival for this richly burnished, occasionally harrowing rendering of the persistent scars of war.
"A devastating, brilliantly directed and acted drama." - Manohla Dargis, New York Times
"Unpredictable... impenetrable... breathtaking... audacious. [An] uncategorizable cinematic trip." - Jay Weissberg, Variety
"A devastating, brilliantly directed and acted drama." - Manohla Dargis, New York Times
"Unpredictable... impenetrable... breathtaking... audacious. [An] uncategorizable cinematic trip." - Jay Weissberg, Variety
Genre
Drama,
War,
Women and Film
Runtime
137
Language
Russian
Director
Kantemir Balagov
Writer(s)
Kantemir Balagov,
Aleksandr Terekhov
Cast
Vasilisa Perelygina,
Olga Dragunova
Awards:
Winner, Un Certain Regard - Best Director, Cannes Film Festival
Nominee, Queer Palm, Cannes Film Festival
Winner, Un Certain Regard ~ Avenir Prize, Cannes Film Festival
Nominee, FIPRESCI Prize ~ Best Foreign Language Film, Palm Springs International Film Festival
MOREFEATURED REVIEW
Peter BradshawGuardianPeter BradshawGuardian
ndividuals in shock, a nation in shock, a movie in shock – and, by the end, in fact, its audience in shock. These are the states of mind to be experienced in this brutal and brilliant film by 27-year-old Russian director and co-writer Kantemir Balagov. He finds a spiritual world of PTSD with his ...
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