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The Country of Deaf (1998)

The Country of Deaf poster
Original title
Страна глухих
Directed by
Valery Todorovsky
Genre
comedy drama, crime comedy film
Country
Russia, France
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman gets involved with a group of deaf-mute criminals in Moscow's underworld. She forms a bond with another woman as they navigate violence and betrayal.

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What happens

Country of the Deaf (Russian: Страна глухих, romanized: Strana glukhikh) is a 1998 Russian crime film directed by Valery Todorovsky, loosely based on Renata Litvinova's novel To Own and Belong. The film set in a fictional underworld of deaf-mute people in Moscow. The film was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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