Underplayed Gems

Three Minutes of Silence (2023)

Three Minutes of Silence poster
Original title
Снегирь
Directed by
Boris Khlebnikov
Genre
drama film, disaster film, teen film
Country
Russia
Runtime
1h 56m
Rated
16+
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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.

More films like thisWatch the trailer

or watch the trailer on YouTube

How it feels

Two young students join the crew of a fishing trawler for a summer voyage. Their idealism clashes with the harsh realities of the sea as a calamity puts the crew under extreme pressure.

tenseatmosphericbleakclaustrophobicgrittysuspensefulvisceral

What happens

Three Minutes of Silence (Russian: Снегирь, romanized: Snegir, lit. 'Bullfinch') is a 2023 Russian coming-of-age disaster film written and directed by Boris Khlebnikov, created by the CTB Film Company with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, a free adaptation of Georgi Vladimov's novel Three Minutes of Silence. Starring Makar Khlebnikov and Oleg Savostyuk as student sailors, with Aleksandr Robak and Timofey Tribuntsev about a battered seiner called "Bullfinch" and the trials that befell the crew of a fishing trawler. It was theatrically released in Russia on June 8, 2023, by Cinema Atmosphere. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? You can browse by genre, country and year, or take this one into the 3D catalogue and ask the Catbot for something closer.