Underplayed Gems

Snake Spring (1997)

Snake Spring poster
Original title
Змеиный источник
Directed by
Nikolai Lebedev
Genre
drama film, horror film, romance film, thriller film
Country
Russia
Runtime
1h 27m
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young woman arrives in a small Russian town to investigate a series of unsettling events. She becomes entangled in local secrets and a dangerous relationship. The story unfolds as a psychological thriller with a tense, mysterious atmosphere.

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What happens

Snake Spring (Russian: Змеиный источник, romanized: Zmeiny istochnik) is a 1997 Russian mystery thriller film, and the directorial debut of Nikolai Lebedev. It is one of the first psychological thrillers of Russian cinema after the Soviet Union. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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