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Closeness

Tesnota

2017

Kantemir Balagov

Darya Zhovner, Olga Dragunova, Veniamin Kac, Atrem Cipin, Nazir Zhukov

6.4

680

Drama 1998, Nalchik. A Jewish family is in trouble: the youngest son and his bride do not come home, and in the morning, a ransom note arrives. The ransom is so high that the family is forced not only to sell its small business, but also to seek help from its fellow tribesmen.

	Author	Review
United States	Barbara Scharres rogerebert.com	"Balagov sets 'Closeness' going in many directions to the point that the thrust of the story becomes muddled (...) The director ultimately undercuts his own work"	NEG
United States	Jessica Kiang Variety	"'Closeness' is a tough-minded, rigorously composed, quite brilliantly acted story (...) The plot is perhaps overly schematic, but the filmmaking compensates (...) [It includes] this real video [and] a line is crossed."	NEU
United Kingdom	Allan Hunter Screendaily	"An intense film influenced by the Dardenne brothers (...) It is a grim, gruelling two hours that might benefit from some editing but Balagov is clearly a talent to watch"	POS
Ireland	Tara Brady Irish Times	"Zhovner and Zhukov have such terrific onscreen chemistry (...) [It] has its own peculiar, aggressive charm (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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