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Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye Solntsem) (1994)

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Average Rating: 7/10
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Critic Reviews: 5
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Stalinist Russia, circa 1930, is recreated in this Russian-French film that focuses on a small, elite gathering of family and friends who appreciate the idealism of Stalin's visions because they do not have to experience its darker side of gulags and purges. The story focuses upon a single day in Soviet revolutionary hero Serguei Kotov's life. Kotov lives an idyllic country life with his lovely wife Maroussia, and their feisty daughter Nadia. He is highly respected by the locals. On this day,

R, 2 hr. 14 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

Directed By: Nikita Mikhalkov

Written By: Rustam Ibragimbekov

In Theaters: May 21, 1994 Wide

On DVD: Jul 15, 2003

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Critic Reviews for Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye Solntsem)

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Burnt by the Sun was not the best of the nominated foreign films (Before the Rain deserved to win), and is not even very original.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

Though my foreign Oscar pick would still have been Eat Drink Man Woman, Sun is such a personal close second that I can go with the academy novelty of novelties.

January 1, 2000 Comment

USA Today

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There's a touch of Chekhovian poetic realism in Mikhalkov's mesmerizingly beautiful chronicle of love, family, and the intrusion of politics, which won the 1994 best foreign-language Oscar.

January 11, 2009 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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Brilliant allegory about retired Russian officer who discovers he can't escape Stalin's purges.

March 20, 2004 Comment

Boo Allen

Denton Record Chronicle (TX)

Overbearing and, unsurprisingly, mostly forgotten.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

A brilliant, Chekhovian meditation on trust, love, and the intrusive horrors that period of time brought to otherwise normal families.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

I generally don't like slapstick comedy, and this movie was no exception.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Internet Reviews

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Steve Rhodes

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charming and horrifying

October 25, 2009

Stefanie C

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A real mixed bag, this film reveals the capricious nature of the Stalin era in the Soviet Union without romanticizing it, but is, like many Russian novels, terribly over-populated. The first half hour to forty-five minutes, we are introduced to the large clan that lives in the dacha of retired hero of the revolution,

August 13, 2010