Soleil trompeur

Original title: Utomlennye solntsem

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7.8/10

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Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Oleg Menshikov, Nikita Mikhalkov, and Nadezhda Mikhalkova in Soleil trompeur (1994)

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In the USSR in 1936, shadows of Stalin's repressions fall on a famous, revolutionary hero. The accusations of him being a foreign spy are nonsense, and everyone knows that. However, a slow p... Read allIn the USSR in 1936, shadows of Stalin's repressions fall on a famous, revolutionary hero. The accusations of him being a foreign spy are nonsense, and everyone knows that. However, a slow process of his downfall has already started.In the USSR in 1936, shadows of Stalin's repressions fall on a famous, revolutionary hero. The accusations of him being a foreign spy are nonsense, and everyone knows that. However, a slow process of his downfall has already started.

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7.8/10

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Won 1 Oscar
- 4 wins & 9 nominations total

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Burnt By The Sun

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One of four Russian films ever to win Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The others are Guerre et paix (1965), Dersou Ouzala (1975) and Moscou ne croit pas aux larmes (1980)

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Featured in Namedni 1961-2003: Nasha Era: Namedni 1995 (1999)

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Utomlennoe solntse
Written by Jerzy Petersburski (as Ezhi Petersburgskiy)
Lyrics by Iosif Alvek (uncredited)
Performed by Mark Simkin (singer), Efim Vyshkin (violin), Aleksandr Bashkatov (bayan), and Viktor Agapov (guitar)
Played by an instrumental quartet during opening credits as a film's theme song

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9/10

A masterpiece out of Russia.

"Burnt by the Sun" glides effortlessly, seamlessly though the genres as it tells of a handful of Russian characters who collectively constitute a family of sorts with great humor and drama, poignant and sweetly sentimental moments, and excellence both technically and artistically. What is more, the film's story is interesting, unpredictable, and well told with depth and thoroughly developed characters.

The much which has been written about the politics of the our time, the Oscar award and the bravura with which it was accepted, etc. is much ado about nothing. This is a movie. This is art and entertainment. And, when taken for what it is, "Burnt by the Sun" is truly a masterpiece.