Burnt by the Sun 2: The Citadel (2011)

Original title

Утомленные солнцем 2: Цитадель

Directed by

Nikita Mikhalkov

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Russia

Runtime

2h 37m

Rated

Κ-15

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 48 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A Soviet officer returns to his family after the war, but the past and the lingering trauma of conflict haunt them. The story continues the personal and political struggles from the earlier films set during Stalin's era.

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What happens

Burnt by the Sun 3: The Citadel (Russian: Утомлённые солнцем 3: Цитадель, translit. Utomlyonnye solntsem 3: Citadel) is a 2011 Russian drama film directed, written, produced and starring by Nikita Mikhalkov, released on May 5, 2011. It is a sequel to the films Burnt by the Sun (1994) and Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus (2010). Burnt by the Sun 3: The Citadel, like a predecessor, had the largest production budget ever seen in Russian cinema ($45 mln), but it turned out to be Russia's biggest box office flop, and received negative reviews from critics both in Russia and abroad. The film was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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