Sister

Sister

2019 · 94 min · RU · 8.0 (74 votes)
Dir. Aleksandr Galibin · Starring Arslan Krymchurin, Marta Timofeeva, Yusuf Rakhmetov, Ilgiza Gilmanova, Sulpan Abdrahimova, Rauis Zagitov
WarDrama

How many Yamil remembers himself, war has always been. He is very much waiting for it to end - after all, then the father will return, whom the boy knows only from photographs and letters. One day, Mom leaves for a distant city and brings the silent girl Oksana with her. Mum transmits the order of his father to take care of Oksana, as if he was a little sister ... A film adaptation of the story “The Joy of Our Home” by the classic of Soviet literature Mustay Karim.

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A stark, quiet portrayal of childhood resilience amidst wartime scarcity. It feels like a faded photograph, capturing the tender yet fragile bonds formed under immense pressure and the quiet ache of longing.

sombermelancholicwistfulharrowingslow-burnarthouse dramaperiod piecerealisticchildhood traumafamilial bondswar's impactloss of innocence
based on novel or bookworld war iidifficult childhoodfaminefatherfoster sistersmall villagecarebrother sister relationship
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