 May Russia, 2007. Melodrama, Drama. Lieutenant Pechalin, who fights in the Chechen war, goes home for a short vacation. His batallion commander gave him an assignment: take with him from Moscow some things he needs and "buy" a company of recruits. And also: find a nice girl, but she has to be educated. But the lieutenant isn't lucky: on the second night of his stay in Moscow he's taken to the detoxification centre, and freed by his former mess-mate Gaevsky, who's now captain of the militsia. Together they save Viktoria, one of the "girls of call", from a group rape. Pechalin likes her, only her life style bothers him. Later it turns out she isn't a prostitute at all. Pechalin and Viktoria grow closer as they celebrate Victory Day together; together they end up at the wedding of the sister of a soldier, Pechalin knows is dead, but he doesn't find the courage to tell the family about it; they lie to the lieutenants mother that they will get married soon... Pechalin has to go back to the war, that isn't finished yet, ...  The Cold USSR, 1991. History, Drama. These movies are served from PCDN! Peoples of Northern Caucasus have had many dark pages in their long history. Hussein Erkenov's film tells us about one of them: mass deportation of Karachai's in the 1940's. Awards: 1 nomination. |