A Gentle Creature (2017)

Original title

Кроткая

Directed by

Sergei Loznitsa

Genre

drama film

Country

Ukraine, Latvia, Germany, Russia

Runtime

2h 23m

Rated

K18

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 76 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman travels to a remote prison to deliver a package to her husband. She faces bureaucratic indifference and hostility during her journey.

bleakslow-pacedmelancholicunsettlingmeditativeoppressivecontemplativesomberatmospheric

What happens

A Gentle Creature (version in Russian: «Кро́ткая», romanized: Krotkaya, version in Ukrainian: «Лагідна», romanized: Lagidna, version in French: Une femme douce, version in German: Die Sanfte) is a 2017 drama film directed by Sergei Loznitsa. The film was a co-production between companies in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, Latvia, Ukraine and Lithuania. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. The film is inspired by the 1876 short story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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