In Russian. 106 minute running time. I saw this movie 20 years ago and forgot that I had seen it. Andrei Svyagintsev made my favorite Russian movie of the last 25 years, Elena, so I remember seeing this one afterward and not being thrilled with it. The symbolism was a little too much for me… I guess the father represented the Russian state maybe and his kids were the Russian people? In any event, it was too abstruse for me (but I’m dumb). I can see how some would really love this movie, but for now I say just consider seeing it, a yellow rating. This was a John Farr reco.