A Gentle Creature

The Gentle (Vasilina Makovtseva) lives on the outskirts of a Russian village. She doesn't understand why one day a package is returned to her, which she had actually sent to her imprisoned husband. So she sets out on a journey to a remote region of the country to ask for an explanation on the spot, in the prison. But the state penitentiary is a forbidding fortress that counters her request with threats of violence, corruption and humiliation. Nevertheless, the gentle woman persists in her quest for justice.

Keywords

  • (Un)happy Valentine !
  • Behind Bars
  • Cannes: En compétition
  • Festival de Cannes
  • Festival de Cannes - Tax Shelter
  • prison
  • relationship

Actors

  • Valeriu Andriuta
  • Liya Akhedzhakova
  • Vasilina Makovtseva

Director

  • Sergei Loznitsa

Drama


2h 23min


-16

RU


FR

NL

Russian Federation
2017
A woman lives in a small village in Russia. One day, a parcel she sent to her husband, who is serving a sentence in prison, came back to her unopened.

A woman lives in a small village in Russia. One day, a parcel she sent to her husband, who is serving a sentence in prison, came back to her unopened.


The Gentle (Vasilina Makovtseva) lives on the outskirts of a Russian village. She doesn't understand why one day a package is returned to her, which she had actually sent to her imprisoned husband. So she sets out on a journey to a remote region of the country to ask for an explanation on the spot, in the prison. But the state penitentiary is a forbidding fortress that counters her request with threats of violence, corruption and humiliation. Nevertheless, the gentle woman persists in her quest for justice.

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