Russian Movies

[guzelle.livejournal.com]

Thanks for all the suggestions about Russian singers and songs, many of them were great!

Another question is about Russian movies. What Russian movies would you recommend for the Russian language student who loves good films?

He liked Ironia sud'by and Obyknovennoe chudo. He was able to understand about third of the dialogs in Russian and the rest with the help of English and Russian subtitles.

Thanks!

Comments

[spiritrc.livejournal.com]

What film is that: "Depuis qu’Otar est parti" ? Is that a Russian or French film?

[johngorentz.livejournal.com]

It's a French film, but the setting is mostly Georgia, and the languages spoken are French, Russian, and Georgian. The characters switch among the three languages quite easily, it seems. Except the elderly woman who plays the grandmother refused to learn any Georgian for the movie, so she speaks only Russian and French.

Here is Netflix: Since Otar Left (http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Since_Otar_Left/60037330?trkid=189530&strkid=1947431955_0_0)

I blogged about it here (http://www.reticulator.com/2007/09/05/depuis-quotar-est-parti/) and here (http://www.reticulator.com/2007/09/06/depuis-qu%e2%80%99otar-est-parti%e2%80%a62/) when watching it.