1974 · action · western · adventure
At Home Among Strangers
Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov1h 37m1974
Following the Russian Civil War, a loyal Red, Shilov, must prove he is at home among strangers as he attempts to recapture a shipment of gold that he was supposed to deliver to Moscow. Needed as a means of buying food for the people, the gold Shilov was entrusted with is stolen, initially by a group of assassins and then by a group of bandits. In tracking the gold’s whereabouts, Shilov’s motives are questioned and he is suspected of treason, in part because his brother was a devoted White. In an effort to clear his name, Shilov locates the gold, but he also discovers rampant greed and corruption.
Our read: At Home Among Strangers (1974) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive action · western · adventure entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured action / western, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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