Sunstroke (2014)

Original title

Солнечный удар

Directed by

Nikita Mikhalkov

Genre

drama film, romance film, historical drama

Country

Russia

Runtime

3h

Rated

PG12

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 25 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

In 1920, a Russian officer travels through the aftermath of the Russian Empire's collapse. The film intercuts his present journey with memories of a brief romance he had in 1907.

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What happens

Sunstroke (Russian: Солнечный удар, romanized: Solnechnyy udar) is a 2014 Russian historical romance film directed, produced and written by Nikita Mikhalkov, starring Martinsh Kalita and Viktoriya Solovyova. It is set after the collapse of the Russian Empire during the Red Terror in 1920, with flashbacks to 1907, and is loosely based on the story "Sunstroke" and the book Cursed Days by Nobel Prize-winning Russian writer Ivan Bunin. The film was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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