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Freeze Die Come to Life (1990)

Freeze Die Come to Life poster
Original title
Замри-умри-воскресни!
Directed by
Vitali Kanevsky
Genre
drama film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A boy grows up in a grim Soviet mining town after World War II. He faces poverty, violence, and difficult choices with a stubborn will to survive.

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What happens

Freeze Die Come to Life (Russian: Замри, умри, воскресни!, romanized: Zamri, umri, voskresni!, lit. 'Freeze, die, resurrect!') is a 1989 Soviet drama film directed by Vitali Kanevsky. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Caméra d'Or. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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