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Zaliniya

2019 · 133 min

A grim, slow descent into a child's early confrontation with loss and cruelty, felt as a heavy, joyless endurance.

Directed by
Vadim Dubrovitsky
Genres
Drama
Starring
Fyodor Lavrov, Vladislav Abashin, Вероника Поваляева
Overview
Five-year-old Alina has to go through the trials of loss, to realize early what death, and betrayal are and to learn the cruelty of the surrounding world in which everyone remains for himself.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Vadim Dubrovitsky
Genres
Drama
Starring
Fyodor Lavrov, Vladislav Abashin, Вероника Поваляева
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How it feels

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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
    • grief
    • betrayal
    • isolation
    • family
    • survival
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    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
    Horror2
    Humour0
    Realism8
    Romance0
    Tension4
    Darkness7
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Vadim Dubrovitsky
    Written by
    Yaroslava Pulinovich
    Starring
    Fyodor Lavrov, Vladislav Abashin, Вероника Поваляева, Elizaveta Zarubina
    Runtime
    133 min
    Country
    Russia
    Languages
    Russian

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