Beanpole

Review of Beanpole: A Dark Depressing Brooding Discourse On Desire

Beanpole (Russian, Amazon Prime Video) Starring Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina Directed by Kantemir Balagov Rating: *** ½ There is no easy way of saying this. But for us worshippers world cinema the lockdown is a boon. Films that we would not have access to immediately, are now coming straight to us on home-viewing medium, and some of this is exceptional enough to make us forget the hard times we are living in. Beanpole is a very strange name for a Russian masterpiece about two women friends, both soldiers in post-ravage Leningrad  | Click Here...