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Aro Recommended Return, The

 

aka: Vozvrashcheniye
Russian Federation 2003, 110 minutes
Dir. Andrei Zvyagintsev
In Russian with English subtitles
Rating: [M]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama, Suspense/Crime

Topics: Rites-of-passage.

 

Aroview: A surprise arthouse hit about a couple of teenage brothers who are taken on a mysterious trip by their estranged and rather surly father, with his suspicious motives anchoring much of the tension.

Well-crafted and largely involving as scenic road journey, cultural critique and study in paternal psychology, though this pattern is broken by a certain turn of events, where the film enters almost mythic realms. Lavished with praise by the world's critics, this does suffer a few arthouse cliches and takes few real risks, though the ambiguous finale certainly has what it takes to get under the skin.

NZ International Film Festival 2004

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DVD Features

  • English subtitles for the hearing impaired
 

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