2017 · drama · dark
A Gentle Creature
Directed by Sergei Loznitsa2h 23m2017
A woman lives in a small village in Russia. One day she receives the parcel she sent to her husband, serving a sentence in prison. Confused and angered, she sets out to find why her package was returned to sender.
Our read: A Gentle Creature (2017) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, inventive drama · dark entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, extreme drama / dark, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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