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      • A winning return to the themes and form of “Slave of Love,””Burnt by the Sun” is Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov ‘s first post-Soviet-era pic to grapple directly with his country’s political legacy. Film unwinds in a leisurely fashion, but achieves tragic grandeur and emotional payoff that make it an engrossing experience.
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  2. May 19, 1995 · The movie, set in the final days of peace before World War II, takes place at the idyllic country home of Kotov (Mikhalkov), who lives there with his pretty young wife Maroussia (Ingeborga Dapkounaite) and their daughter, Nadia (Nadia Mikhalkov).

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      The movie is based on stories by Anton Chekhov and has been...

  3. 81% Tomatometer 16 Reviews 94% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings. In the Soviet Union during the summer of 1936, Army commander Sergei Petrovich Kotov (Nikita Mikhalkov), his wife, Marusia (Ingeborga...

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  4. BURNT BY THE SUN is a very conservative historical epic, full of sweeping scenes paralelling intimate domestic exchanges; theatrical framings and acting with lots of dialogue; Jarre-esque sugary Romantic music; a fetishisation of nature.

  5. Burnt by the Sun was popular in Russia and received positive reviews in the United States. It won the Grand Prix at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and other honours.

  6. Aug 17, 1995 · Burnt By The Sun. 1995's Oscar-winner for Best Foreign Film manages the considerable feat of combining arthouse political satire with the warm and hazy glow of a feelgood family drama.

  7. May 5, 1995 · Set just as Stalin was launching the great purges, Burnt by the Sun is about the moment when Russian Communism passed from idealism into nightmare. Mikhalkov, who was...

  8. Apr 21, 1995 · With its Chekhovian sense of a brutal future encroaching on an elegant, dying world, "Burnt by the Sun" matches the enduring power of Mr. Mikhalkov's best works, "A Slave of Love" (1976) and...

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