Silent Souls
2010 · Movie · 77 min · ★ 6.4 · 86% critics
A grieving man travels to lay his wife to rest in a place tied to their past, accompanied by a photographer who listens as he shares intimate memories. Along the way, the journey blends personal recollection with the rituals and beliefs of a small Finno-Ugric people from the Northern Volga region.
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Details
- Original title
- Овсянки
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2010-06-06
- Language
- Russian
- Runtime
- 77 min
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (67 votes)
- Budget
- $1,400,000
About
You may like this if you want a quiet, reflective drama about mourning, memory, and tradition, with a somber tone similar to My Joy or In the Fog; Not for you if you need fast pacing or clear-cut answers.
Pros: intimate grief journey; evocative cultural rituals; reflective, memory-driven story | Cons: slow, quiet pacing; minimal plot action; heavy, somber mood
Themes
- river
- dead body
- chubby woman
- typewriter
- ancient culture
- love for wife
Cast & crew
Yuliya Aug
as Tanya
Igor Sergeev
as Aist
Viktor Sukhorukov
as Vesa
Yuriy Tsurilo
as Miron
- VM
Vyacheslav Melekhov
as Bird Seller
- YT
Yulia Tushina
as Aist's Mother
- IT
Ivan Tushin
as Young Aist
- LS
Leisan Sitdikova
as Rimma
Olga Dobrina
as Yuliya
- SY
Sergey Yarmolyuk
as Inspector
Directed by Alexey Fedorchenko