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In the Fog
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Wikipedia article
'In the Fog' is a 2012 drama film directed by Sergei Loznitsa. The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The film won the Golden Apricot at the 2012 Yerevan International Film Festival, Armenia, for Best Feature Film.
Plot
The film is an adaptation from Vasil Byka's short story. In 1942 in Belarus during the German occupation, the Germans face strong resistance from the partisans and face the hatred of local people. The partisans suspect Sushenya, a track-walker, of collaboration with the Nazis because he is the only one released of a group of workers who derailed German train. Two of them capture Sushenya and lead him to the forest where they plan to shoot him. They fall into a trap set by the Germans who severely wound Burov, one of the partisans. Sushenya attempts to save his executioner's life by carrying the wounded partisan on his back to the nearest village. Nevertheless, Sushenya remains under suspicion. He laments that he was a well-respected and trustworthy village resident, raising a family in peace, before the war changed that forever.
Cast
* Vladimir Svirskiy as Sushenya
* Vladislav Abashin as Burov
* Sergei Kolesov as Voitik
* Yulia Peresild as Anelya
* Nadezhda Markina as Burov's mother
* Vlad Ivanov as Grossmeier
Reception
'In the Fog' has an approval rating of 87% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 31 reviews, and an average rating of 7.10/10. The consensus on the site states, "While it treads familiar narrative ground -- and is a mite predictable at times -- 'In the Fog' proves a smart, thought-provoking antidote to Hollywood action movies." It also has a score of 78 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Writing for The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw said it was "an intense, slow-burning and haunting drama."
References
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