Movie

Freeze, Die, Come to Life

1990 · 105 min

A raw, unflinching plunge into a child's harsh world, where moments of tenderness are crushed by relentless brutality.

Overview: Stuck in a mining town near Vladivostok in 1947 amongst Soviet exiles and Japanese POWs (Japanese prisoners remained in Siberia for years after the war had ended), the kids have to come up with something to keep them busy. Two friends, Valerka and Galia, play some peculiar, very dangerous games of their own amid the man-made wasteland of Suchan.
How it feels: Bleak, dark, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Survival, isolation, coming-of-age, politics
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
coming-of-age
politics
death
Places: small town
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild