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1991 · documentary · latvian

Childhood

Directed by Elena Strizhevskaya2h 33m1991
ElsewhereIMDb6.726TMDB5.54
  • sombre
  • slow-burn
  • intimate
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Sombre, slow-burn, measured documentary / latvian, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.

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A story about an adolescent years of Tyoma - a young boy from Russian countryside...

Our read · Childhood (1991) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, grounded documentary · latvian entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.

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You want a patient Russian coming-of-age story of a countryside boy's adolescence.

ends bittersweetit stays with youa slow buildgrips by minute 28attention 3/5feels its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightYou dislike long subtitled dramas or want quicker emotional payoffs.

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Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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