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Beanpole

Weekend Film Reviews

English - February 15, 2020 02:44 - 3 minutes - ★★★★ - 149 ratings
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"Beanpole" is a new Russian drama directed by the prodigiously gifted Kantemir Balogov. The setting is Leningrad during the first autumn after World War II, and it's a profound--and profoundly beautiful--tale of two women who've been traumatized by the war.