Kino Lorber Presents
"BEANPOLE"
by Kantemir Balagov
OPENING IN LOS ANGELES THIS FRIDAY, FEB. 14
Playing at Landmark’s Nuart Theatre
Synopsis: In immediate post-WWII Leningrad, two women, Iya and Masha (astonishing newcomers Viktoria Miroshnichenko and Vasilisa Perelygina), intensely bonded after fighting side by side as anti-aircraft gunners, attempt to readjust to a haunted world.
As the film begins, Iya, long and slender and towering over everyone—hence the film’s title—works as a nurse in a shell-shocked hospital, presiding over traumatized soldiers. A shocking accident brings them closer and also seals their fates.
The 27-year-old Russian director Kantemir Balagov—whose debut feature Closeness caused a stir at Cannes and the New Directors/New Films festival just last year—won Un Certain Regard’s Best Director prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for this richly burnished, occasionally harrowing rendering of the persistent scars of war.
WATCH THE TRAILER:
Written & Directed by | Kantemir Balagov
Starring | Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Andrey Bykov, Igor Shirokov, Olga Dragunova, Konstantin Balakirev, Ksenia Kutepova
Produced by | Non-Stop Production, AR Content
Year: 2019
Running Time: 137
Color Type: Color
Country: Russia
Language: In Russian with English subtitles
Genres: Drama, World Cinema
FOR A FULL LIST OF PLAYDATES VISIT:
https://www.kinolorber.com/film/view/id/3731
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