2022 · drama · history
January (Jaanuar)
Directed by Andrey Paounov1h 50m2022
Two men and a bird, trapped in a snowstorm in the middle of nowhere, try to solve a mystery as it slowly devours them.
Our read: January (Jaanuar) (2022) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / history, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
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