sometime Hollywood/Russian film director, comes this devastating look at the massacre of a group of protesting workers in a small factory town in Russia. The story is told from the point of view of a civic leader who is vocal in calling for the violent suppression of the workers--- until she realizes her daughter was in the midst of the protest when shots rang out.What makes this interesting is that the event itself wasn't reported for many years--- many observers were "disappeared" as well as many of the participants. Even more intriguing: Putin laid a wreath at the site commemorating the massacre a few years ago--- yet he was a member of the organization responsible.
In a land purportedly all about worker rights, it was obviously explosive to have the government involved in a deadly attack upon unhappy workers: first off, workers weren't supposed to be discontented; secondly, the military was supposed to be part of the "workers' struggle."
Very good acting across the board. Hulu
Edits: 05/30/21
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Topic - "Dear Comrades!" From Andrei Konchalovsky, the - tinear 09:50:17 05/30/21 (31)
- Good film... - MaxwellP 11:07:06 05/31/21 (0)
- I prefer Laurel and Hardy - Jay Buridan 06:18:39 05/31/21 (2)
- "Grim?" Man's will overcoming hardship isn't so, to me. nt - tinear 08:38:17 05/31/21 (1)
- You don't see man's will overcoming hardship in Laurel and Hardy - Jay Buridan 12:45:13 05/31/21 (0)
- Putin was ten years old when that incident occurred [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 12:21:37 05/30/21 (26)
- ..... and it made him the KGB assassin he is today. * - Billy Wonka 13:31:37 06/02/21 (0)
- So? nt - tinear 13:29:56 05/30/21 (24)
- So what's your point? [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 15:21:01 05/30/21 (23)
- Why is his age pertinent to my comments? nt - tinear 06:15:11 05/31/21 (22)
- Prolly cuz you mentioned Putin in the OP - Jay Buridan 13:52:20 05/31/21 (11)
- "just like here". You got to be kidding... nt - Victor Khomenko 14:57:42 05/31/21 (10)
- IME unions are weak due to Taft-Hartley - Jay Buridan 16:46:08 05/31/21 (9)
- I never stops surprising me... - Victor Khomenko 19:08:31 05/31/21 (8)
- Victor, here's a test of your reading comprehension :) - Jay Buridan 18:55:24 06/01/21 (1)
- I will stick to my statement. - Victor Khomenko 07:41:12 06/02/21 (0)
- RE: I never stops surprising me... - rivervalley817 20:07:59 05/31/21 (5)
- Main adversary? That would, by a longshot, be China. nt - tinear 05:30:49 06/01/21 (2)
- RE: Main adversary? That would, by a longshot, be China. nt - rivervalley817 10:14:31 06/01/21 (1)
- Main adversary, not much of a threat-- for the immediate future. Simply - tinear 11:52:11 06/01/21 (0)
- Not knowing about them is whole lot better than spreading nonsense nt - Victor Khomenko 05:30:28 06/01/21 (1)
- RE: Not knowing about them is whole lot better than spreading nonsense nt - rivervalley817 10:05:10 06/01/21 (0)
- Again I ask, what point were you making in your OP? [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 10:40:05 05/31/21 (9)
- It is rude to answer a question with another. - tinear 11:58:24 05/31/21 (8)
- My question was about your OP, so let's start with your OP - Chris from Lafayette 13:01:10 05/31/21 (7)
- My post simply stated Putin laid a wreath. You said he was 10 at the time - tinear 17:53:33 05/31/21 (5)
- You said more than that - Chris from Lafayette 01:23:28 06/01/21 (4)
- Your quarrel is with Konahalovsky, He prominently mentioned the wreath-laying. - tinear 05:35:29 06/01/21 (3)
- I'll defer to his motives too - not your interpretation of them - Chris from Lafayette 10:43:19 06/01/21 (2)
- What motives? Konchalovsky included it in the film. You need to ask, "why?" - tinear 15:28:08 06/03/21 (1)
- YOU were the one who brought up motives - read your own posts - Chris from Lafayette 00:30:11 06/04/21 (0)
- RE: My question was about your OP, so let's start with your OP - Vegman70 17:15:38 05/31/21 (0)