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A Gentle Creature (2017 film)

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'A Gentle Creature' is a 2017 drama film directed by Sergei Loznitsa. The film was created as an international co-production between France, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, Latvia, Ukraine and Lithuania. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. The film is inspired by the 1876 short story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Plot



A woman lives alone on the outskirts of a village in Russia. One day she receives a parcel she had sent to her incarcerated husband, marked 'return to sender'. Shocked and confused, the woman has no choice but to travel to the prison in a remote region of the country in search of an explanation. So begins the story of a battle against this impenetrable fortress, the prison where the forces of social evil are constantly at work. Braving violence and humiliation, in the face of all opposition, our protagonist embarks on a blind quest for justice.

Cast



* Vasilina Makovtseva

* Sergei Kolesov

* Dimitry Bykovsky

* Lia Akhedzhakova

* Vadim Dubovsky

* Roza Hajrullina

* Sergey Fedorov

* Marina Kleshcheva

* Alisa Kravtsova

* Sergei Russkin

* Alexander Zamuraev

* Svetlana Kolesova

* Valeriu Andriuta

* Nikolay Kolyada

* Konstantin Itunin

* Boris Kamorzin

* Anton Makushin

* Sergei Koshonin

* Viktor Nemets

* Elena Netesina

Production



The film was produced by Marianne Slot and Carine Leblanc for Slot Machine (France). Co producers are Valentina Mikhaleva, Galina Sementseva, Lev Karakhan, Gunnar Dedio, Uljana Kim, Peter Warnier, Marc van Warmerdam and Serge Lanrenyuk. 'A Gentle Creature' was produced in coproduction with Arte France cinema, GP cinema company (Russia), LOOKSfilm (Germany), Studio Uljana Kim (Lithuania), Wild at Art & Graniet Film (The Netherlands), Solar Media Entertainment (Ukraine), in association with Wild Bunch, Haut et Court, Potemkine Films, Atoms & Void, Film Angels Studio and with the support of Eurimages, Aide aux Cinmas du Monde, Aide la Coproduction Franco-Allemande, Centre National du Cinma et de l'image Anime, Institut Franais, Mitteldeutsche Medienfrderung, Filmfrderungsanstalt, Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film Production Incentive, National Film Centre of Latvia, Riga Film Fund, Lithuanian Film Centre, Lithuanian National Radio and Television, and the Creative Europe Programme Media of the European Union.

The film was shot in Latvia and Lithuania.

Reception



Box office

The budget of the film was 2,000,000 euros and the Russia Box Office figures are $6,837 (1,583 viewers in total) with 35.7% collected during the first weekend.

Critical reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 76%, based on 34 reviews, and an average rating of 7.20/10. The website's critical consensus states, "'A Gentle Creature' isn't an easy watch, but this grim look at modern Russia's bureaucratic nightmare offers rich, thought-provoking rewards." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 78 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

References




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