Silent Souls

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Jun 5, 2015 A well made meditation on the journey between life and death. See more Nov 14, 2014 Road movie unlike no other and amazing cinematography to boot. See more walter m @Harlequin68 Apr 17, 2014 In "Silent Souls," Aist(Igor Sergeev) is the son of a famous poet. Having failed to write anything of his own, Aist works in a paper factory. While making time with a female security guard, he is called to the office of Miron(Yuriy Tsurilo), his boss. It's not about that, however. See, Miron's younger wife Tanya(Yuliya Aug) has just died and he needs help in attending to the appropriate funeral rites. Since this might take a few days, Aist, takes along the birds, buntings, that he just bought. "Silent Souls" is a rather beguiling movie. If it is oddly so, it is perhaps the way an outsider, or the viewer, sees the customs shown which are fading away in this modern world.(The scene in the box store exemplifies this clash of worlds.) In any case, the narration is definitely necessary, as else we might come to a thoroughly different conclusion as to what is really happening.(Like for instance, that Miron murdered the unhappy Tanya which I am not entirely ruling out.) We see all of this mostly over the characters' shoulders which does make it kind of hard to focus on them at times while the movie's deliberate pace does wonders in establishing a keen sense of loneliness. Even with the funereal mood, I am wondering how seriously to take the movie at times, considering the awful poetry, not as bad as Vogon poetry, mind you, but still bad, which is pretty ridiculous. See more Jan 26, 2014 Super beau, et ...profond :-) See more Jan 3, 2014 A short, quiet film about how the tug of tradition can pull you under. See more ari v @RT59419633 Sep 16, 2013 The sort of sadness that doesn't weigh on you, but rather blankets you like a loving mother - is mentioned in this film. There are no particularly profound points made here, but something about the film's patient flow - seems to evoke that very feeling. See more Read all reviews

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