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[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (137 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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In post-WWII Leningrad, two women, Iya and Masha (astonishing newcomers Viktoria Miroshnichenko and Vasilisa Perelygina), intensely bonded after fighting side by side as anti-aircraft gunners, attempt to readjust to a haunted world. As the film begins, Iya, long and slender and towering over everyone—hence the film’s title—works as a nurse in a shell-shocked hospital, presiding over traumatized soldiers. A shocking accident brings them closer and also seals their fates. The 28-year-old Russian director Kantemir Balagov won Un Certain Regard’s Best Director prize at this year’s **Cannes Film Festival** for this richly burnished, occasionally harrowing rendering of the persistent scars of war. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**
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Andrey Bykov, Igor Shirokov, Konstantin Balakirev, Nazir Zhukov, Vasilisa Perelygina, Viktoria Miroshnichenko
Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 2020
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English