2010 · drama · adventure · history
The Way Back (2010)
Directed by Peter Weir2h 13m2010
A small band of multicultural convicts stages a daring escape from a WWII-era Siberian gulag, and embarks on a treacherous journey across five countries in a desperate race for freedom and survival.
Our read: The Way Back (2010) (2010) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · adventure · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / adventure, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- intense
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