Burnt by the Sun (1995)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:9
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 14 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: In 1936, Sergei Petrovich Kotov, his wife Marussia and daughter Nadia take refuge in the countryside. But the arrival of a mysterious man shatters their hopes for a peaceful existence. At first,... [More]
Starring: Nikita Mikhalkov, Oleg Menchikov, Nadia Mikhalkov
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
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Reviews for Burnt by the Sun
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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. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Brilliant allegory about retired Russian officer who discovers he can't escape Stalin's purges.
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3.5/4 |
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.
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4/5 |
A brilliant, Chekhovian meditation on trust, love, and the intrusive horrors that period of time brought to otherwise normal families. Full Review |
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Overbearing and, unsurprisingly, mostly forgotten. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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