An important point to understand: in order to feel this picture, you need to carefully read an excellent book - the novel by Alexei Salnikov "Petrovs in Russia".
Influenza and around it, winner of the National Bestseller Award 2018. I was captured by a layer of images, symbolism in this book.
And I remember reading it in two visits.
And a small nuance, the film is long in timekeeping and it is better to watch it alone, since Serebrennikov chicly detailed the whole world of the book.
and showed Russia through actors ugly, sometimes with a sura. Very dark movie, there are some scenes that are accurately transferred from
The primary source and reflect the essence of the book. Strong frame-by-frame - camera work by Vladislav Opelyanets, in general in the visual sense -
The movie is powerful. Serebrennikov likes to thicken colors. And here, too, the semantic base under the current. I watched the movie alone and felt it.
Arthouse motifs are full. Effective in the frame looks Julia Peresild, Timofey Tribuntsev and Chulpan Khamatova. In general, the book is for me.
I liked it better than the movie. The film is split into entirely new accents of metaphor. This is the peculiarity of this director.
I'll give you a 9, a 7. Read the book, you won't regret it. 💼
Review written: September 14, 2021, Olya Grinevskaya (Alenushka).