Expiation
Искупление
(2012)
Genre: Art House/Drama
Duration: 123mins
Format: Digital
Director: Alexander Proshkin
Cast: Viktoria Romanenko, Rinal Mukhametov, Andrei Panin, Viktor Sukhorukov, Tatiana Yakovenko
This is the story of a young lieutenant and a girl, whose love undergoes many vital and moral hardships which are further amplified by the situation they find themselves in. The film examines the effects and nature of the denunciations that occurred in the USSR as a totalitarian state and the fear that was spread throughout. The great auteur, Alexander Proshkin, and the actors convey a very real sense of the post-war period, which is sure to help those lucky enough to escape war understand the effects it had upon people in a vivid and stark recreation of the post-war atmosphere.