Silent Souls (2010)

Original title

Овсянки

Directed by

Aleksei Fedorchenko

Genre

drama film, road movie, romance film

Country

Russia

Runtime

1h 15m

Rated

16+

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 68 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man travels across rural Russia with his boss to fulfill the boss's request to give his deceased wife a traditional funeral by the river. The journey involves carrying the woman's ashes and reflecting on their shared past.

slow-burnmelancholicmeditativelyricalunderstatedelegiacvisually lushreflective

What happens

Silent Souls (Russian: Овся́нки, "The Buntings") is a 2010 Russian road drama film that was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice Film Festival. It is based on a 2008 novella by Denis Osokin. The film was awarded the Golden Osella for best cinematography and a FIPRESCI award. It was considered a frontrunner for the Golden Lion, but did not win. However, it did win Best Screenplay (awarded to Denis Osokin) at the 2011 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. It received generally positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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