The Postman's White Nights
2014 · Movie · 90 min · ★ 6.8 · 86% critics
In a remote lakeside village cut off from the mainland, a boat-borne mail carrier is the community’s main link to the outside world. When that fragile routine is shaken, he’s forced to rethink his place among neighbors living with scarce services, quiet hardships, and the strange closeness of an isolated life.
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Details
- Original title
- Белые ночи почтальона Алексея Тряпицына
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-10-14
- Language
- Russian
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (48 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a quiet, realistic slice of rural life with gentle drama and a touch of mystery in the everyday, closer in spirit to Silent Souls than big, plot-driven stories; Not for you if you need fast pacing or clear answers.
Pros: natural, documentary-like feel; humane community portraits; striking northern landscapes | Cons: very minimal plot; slow, low-key pacing; some scenes underexplored
Themes
- neorealism
Cast & crew
- TB
Timur Bondarenko
as Timur
Irina Ermolova
as Irina
- AT
Aleksey Tryapitsyn
as Lyokha
- VK
Viktor Kolobkov
as Kolobok
- VB
Viktor Berezin
as Vitya
- TS
Tatyana Silich
as Tatyana
Valentina Ananina
as Valentina
- LS
Lyubov Skorina
as Lyubov Pavlovna
- AM
Alexandr Molchanov
as general
Viktor Babich
as colonel
Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky