The Postman's White Nights (2014)

Original title

Белые ночи почтальона Алексея Тряпицына

Directed by

Andrei Konchalovsky

Genre

drama film

Country

Russia

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

10

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 50 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A postman in a remote Russian village delivers mail and maintains the only link between the isolated residents and the outside world. The film follows his daily routines and interactions as life there unfolds slowly. All the actors are local non-professionals.

slow-burnquietmelancholiccontemplativelonelynaturalisticatmosphericgentle

What happens

The Postman's White Nights (Russian: Белые ночи почтальона Алексея Тряпицына; Belye nochi pochtalona Alekseya Tryapitsyna) is a 2014 Russian drama film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. The film tells the story of the people of a remote Russian village, whose main contact with the outside world is a postman. All actors in the film are non-professionals, with casting taking place over the course of a year. It was selected for the In Competition section at the 71st Venice International Film Festival and won the Silver Lion. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. In September 2014, director Konchalovsky withdrew the film from the list of films being considered for the Russian entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film was shot on location at the Kenozersky National Park, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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