The Lonely Voice of Man (1987)

Original title

Одинокий голос человека

Directed by

Alexander Sokurov

Genre

drama film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Based on Andrei Platonov's stories, this film follows a soldier returning from war who struggles to reconnect with everyday life. It shows his fractured relationships and his search for a sense of belonging through a slow, almost abstract narrative.

melancholicslow-burndreamlikecerebralbleakcontemplativeminimalistpoetic

What happens

The Lonely Voice of Man (Russian: Одинокий голос человека), also known as The Lonely Human Voice, is the first full-feature film by Alexander Sokurov. It was originally filmed in 1978 and reconstructed in 1987 at the Lenfilm studios. The film is largely based on Andrei Platonov's River Potudan and Origin of the Master, although it is not a direct film adaptation in the traditional sense but rather a recreation of the spiritual nature of Platonov's prose. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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