Beanpole 2019
- Director: Kantemir Belagov
- Based on the book: no
- Cast: Viktoria Miroschnicheko, Vasilisa Perelygina
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Neither of them
- Why? Good reviews
- Seen: 20 December 2023
Ija (Miroschnicheko), called Beanpole
because of her extreme height, suffers from periodic blackouts when she just
stands and stares. Her friend Masha (Perelygina) from the front suffers from
post-battle fatigue. They work in a veterans’ hospital. The city is in ruins,
its people are undernourished and despairing, some suicidal.
The war is over but survival is cruel,
the scars are deep.
Come
and See is the strongest war film I’ve ever seen. Beanpole is the strongest post-war film I’ve seen. It’s not a
coincidence. Of all the countries that were part of WWII, the Soviet Union
suffered the greatest losses. Russia should remember that and leave Ukraine in
peace.
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