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Yulenka

2009 · 102 min

A slow, uneasy story that lets a quiet small-town school setting curdle into something secretive and unsettling.

Directed by
Aleksandr Strizhenov
Genres
Thriller, Drama, Horror
Starring
Marat Basharov, Darya Balabanova, Oksana Lavrentyeva
Overview
A university professor, who wants to slow down a little, moves with his wife and daughter, from the big city to a small town and starts a new job as a teacher in a girls' gymnasium. Something weird is happening with the class, they seem to hide a secret. As it turns out, these girls don't play with dolls...

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Directed by
Aleksandr Strizhenov
Genres
Thriller, Drama, Horror
Starring
Marat Basharov, Darya Balabanova, Oksana Lavrentyeva
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • identity
    • deception
    • power
    • coming-of-age
    Places
    • small town
    • school
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror5
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance1
    Tension6
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    thriller, drama, horror
    Directed by
    Aleksandr Strizhenov
    Written by
    Grigori Podzemelny, Valentin Spiridonov, Andrey Kureychik, Artur Gimpel
    Starring
    Marat Basharov, Darya Balabanova, Oksana Lavrentyeva, Александра Дыхне, Anna Kazyuchits, Irina Kupchenko, Sergey Grekov, Aleksandr Strizhenov
    Music
    Arkadiy Ukupnik, Dmitriy Noskov
    Cinematography
    Artur Gimpel
    Runtime
    102 min
    Country
    Russia
    Languages
    Russian

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