Living

Living

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Release Date

8/30/2012

Runtime

119 mins

Genres

Overview

In the second feature film by Russian director Vasily Sigarev, fate brings ordeals to characters that find themselves immersed in deep crisis; they must seek the strength to cope with adversity. In a remote and cold region of Russia, Galya, a middle-aged woman with a drinking problem, has been separated from her twin daughters and she wants them back. On the other hand, Grishka and Anton are a young couple who decide to get married, but right after the wedding their relationship is put to the test in a brutal way. While Artyom longs to see his missing father, but his mother objects. There is only one element that brings all of these characters together: misfortune.

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Budget

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Revenue

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A sparse, unflinching portrait of ordinary people enduring accumulated hardship in a desolate Russian landscape. This is cinema about suffering as a shared condition, where small mercies are as rare as warmth.

Mood

BleakMelancholicDread-soakedContemplative

Themes

FamilyGriefAddictionSurvivalIsolation

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticDesaturatedDocumentary-like

Structure

Ensemble

Heads up

Addiction

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