Freeze, Die, Come to Life

Freeze, Die, Come to Life

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Release Date

8/1/1990

Runtime

105 mins

Genres

Overview

Stuck in a mining town near Vladivostok in 1947 amongst Soviet exiles and Japanese POWs (Japanese prisoners remained in Siberia for years after the war had ended), the kids have to come up with something to keep them busy. Two friends, Valerka and Galia, play some peculiar, very dangerous games of their own amid the man-made wasteland of Suchan.

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A haunting portrait of childhood resilience and recklessness in a post-war wasteland, where two friends' dangerous games become both escape and cry for attention in a forgotten mining town. The film watches with unflinching intensity as desperation and invention intertwine.

Mood

BleakUnsettlingDefiant

Themes

SurvivalFreedom

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Two-hander

Heads up

Child endangerment

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