A young boy desperately in need of a father figure is lured and bullied into actions he knows are wrong. A woman experiences a bitter blend of love and fury. And a forceful, utterly ruthless man is able to alter their lives forever.

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DVD Code: Region 1 US, CA

Genre: Dramas

Color: Color

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Vladimir Mashkov

Grigori Chukhrai, Gregori Chukhrai

"...Superbly plotted, acted and photographed..."
USA Today

"...As dramatically compelling as it is heavily metaphorical....Mr. Chukhrai invests it with strong, rueful echoes that give this story of fatherly betrayal its insinuating power..."
New York Times

"...It's a superb film in the classic style of screen storytelling, at once intimate and epic, possessed of lyrical beauty and suffused with that mixture of warmth, suffering and rueful humor so characteristic of Russian films..."
Los Angeles Times