Sokurov's drama has a haunting quality and moments of poetry found in the simplest of shots.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Sokurov's drama has a haunting quality and moments of poetry found in the simplest of shots.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A fascinating film, rich in unspoken detail.

~ Scott Macdonald -

A fascinating film, rich in unspoken detail.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The aesthetic is cold, the mood austere and the pace glacial in Alexander Sokurov's study of grief.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The aesthetic is cold, the mood austere and the pace glacial in Alexander Sokurov's study of grief.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What has been described as 'startlingly original' seems closer to a Russian variation of the Chinese water torture.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

What has been described as 'startlingly original' seems closer to a Russian variation of the Chinese water torture.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A film that will no doubt appeal to those already with an interest in classical music, or Russian culture, but perhaps not those who come to the film with an appreciation of Sokurov’s feature films.

~ Robert Munro -

A film that will no doubt appeal to those already with an interest in classical music, or Russian culture, but perhaps not those who come to the film with an appreciation of Sokurov’s feature films.

~ Robert Munro -

Ponderings on the effects of war become distinctly ponderous.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ponderings on the effects of war become distinctly ponderous.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Those who like the work of Andrei Tarkovsky and Bela Tarr will find similar humanist themes in Sokurov's films, although he has a much greater tendency to self-indulgence than those two auteurs.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Those who like the work of Andrei Tarkovsky and Bela Tarr will find similar humanist themes in Sokurov's films, although he has a much greater tendency to self-indulgence than those two auteurs.

~ Amber Wilkinson -