Dear Comrades(15)
7th Feb 2023Andrey Konchalovsky - 2020 121 mins
Russia
Language Russian
Set in Novocherkassk, USSR in 1962, Lyudmila is a party executive who detests any criticism of the government. But when a strike at the local factory is harshly repressed and her daughter goes missing, she is forced to reassess her support for the country’s rulers.
Score: 93.75%
Some members' comments:
Brilliantly acted. Scarily realistic. Excellent acting but chilling story - why was the film made so that nobody came out of it well. Very good. A remarkable evocation of the Soviet Union. Fine acting and compelling viewing. Brilliant. Excellent and powerful insight into post Stalin USSR. Great acting by lead. Powerful and very moving. Excellent but ………….. exhausting and grim. The luck of being born in the right place - or not. Very believable, good acting, full of irony - wow. The wrong time, sadly. A good film but let down by a rather inconclusive, weak and abrupt ending.