Dead Man's Letters (1986)

Original title

Письма мертвого человека

Directed by

Konstantin Lopushansky

Genre

drama film, science fiction film, post-apocalyptic film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

16

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 130 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

After a nuclear war, a group of survivors lives in underground bunkers. They cannot go outside without protective gear. A scientist writes letters to his missing son, whom he believes is dead, as they struggle to find hope.

bleaksomberslow-burncontemplativemelancholicclaustrophobicdesolateheavy

What happens

Dead Man's Letters (Russian: Письма мёртвого человека, romanized: Pis'ma myortvogo cheloveka), also known as Letters from a Dead Man, is a 1986 Soviet post-apocalyptic drama film directed and written by Konstantin Lopushansky. He wrote it along with Vyacheslav Rybakov and Boris Strugatsky. It marks his directorial debut. The film was screened at the International Critics' Week section of the Cannes Film Festival in 1987 and received the FIPRESCI prize at the 35th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg. In the aftermath of nuclear apocalypse, a group of people are forced to live underground in bunkers. They cannot go outside their dwellings without wearing protective clothing and gas masks. They try to find hope in the disturbing new world. Among these people is a scientist who writes and recites letters to his son, who is missing and most likely dead. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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