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Beanpole
Dylda
Directed by Kantemir Balagov
2019•2h 14m•NR•★ 7.0
Drama / War
Synopsis
In 1945 Leningrad, amidst the frozen rubble and trauma of the devastating 900-day siege, an extraordinarily tall, shell-shocked former anti-aircraft gunner nicknamed Beanpole suffers from sudden catatonic freezing paroxysms while working as a nurse in a military hospital, navigating a complex, co-dependent relationship with her fierce army comrade Masha whose child she accidentally suffocates. Kantemir Balagov's Cannes Un Certain Regard Best Director and FIPRESCI-winning visual monument photographed by Ksenia Sereda in saturated ochre greens and rust reds.
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DirectorKantemir Balagov
WriterAlexander TerekhovKantemir Balagov
CinematographyKsenia Sereda
MusicEvgueni Galperine
Principal Cast
Viktoriya MiroshnichenkoIya Sergueeva
Vasilisa PerelyginaMasha
Konstantin BalakirevStepan
Kseniya KutepovaLyubov Petrovna
Olga DragunovaSeamstress
Andrey BykovNikolay Ivanovich
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Igor ShirokovSashaTG
Timofey GlazkovPashkaTechnical Specifications
Runtime2h 14m (134 mins)
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DirectorKantemir Balagov
LanguagesRussian
CountryRU
StudioNon-Stop Production
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