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The House Built on Sand

1991 · 85 min

A quiet, oppressive chamber piece that lingers like a bad dream of history closing in.

Directed by
Nijole Adomenaite
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Yelena Shiffers, Yelena Shachkova, Yuri Astafyev
Overview
A slice of life among Russian intelligentsia on the eve of WWII. A haunting reminder of Stalin's psychotic purge of 1938 and the nightmarish German siege of Leningrad.

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Directed by
Nijole Adomenaite
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Yelena Shiffers, Yelena Shachkova, Yuri Astafyev
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • family
    • memory
    • death
    • politics
    Places
    • big city
    • home
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror3
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension6
    Darkness8
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, tv movie
    Directed by
    Nijole Adomenaite
    Written by
    Natalya Chepik
    Starring
    Yelena Shiffers, Yelena Shachkova, Yuri Astafyev, Vladimir Eryomin, Vladimir Kuznetsov, Ivan Latyshev, Mariya Nikiforova, Natalya Nikulenko
    Cinematography
    Oleksandr Shumovych
    Runtime
    85 min
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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