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Compartment No. 6

2021 · 106 min

A slow, intimate train journey where awkward silences and small gestures gradually build an unexpected warmth.

Overview: A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger than life Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of Compartment No. 6 to face major truths about human connection.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
friendship
love
healing
Places: road trip
small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	5
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Juho Kuosmanen
Written by: Juho Kuosmanen, Livia Ulman, Andris Feldmanis
Starring: Seidi Haarla, Yura Borisov, Dinara Drukarova, Yuliya Aug, Lidiya Kostina, Tomi Alatalo, Viktor Chuprov, Sergey Agafonov
Cinematography: J-P Passi
Runtime: 106 min
Country: Estonia, Finland, Germany, Russia
Languages: Finnish, Russian, English

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