This film features a large number of amateur actors. The story is based on the real lives of the performers in the film. However, beyond realism, the [Expand All]
This film features a large number of amateur actors. The story is based on the real lives of the performers in the film. However, beyond the realistic portrayal, the director has also added many magical, surreal and absurd elements. The Russian blue-eye cat that appears at night, the slowly rising rocket, all contain many hints and implications. Coupled with the magnificent lake and the beautiful village scenery like a paradise on earth, the film is filled with poetry and tranquility everywhere. It was hailed as the biggest surprise of the Venice Film Festival that year. On an isolated island in northern Russia, a postman who drives a speedboat through the lake is the only way for villagers to keep in touch with the outside world. Although the other side of the lake is the civilized world, the people in the village still maintain this simplest and most simple self-sufficient life. There are no government institutions, no social assistance or employment needs in the village. The postman has become the only bridge for them to communicate with the outside world. Every day, the postman delivers letters to every household and chats with different villagers about various trivial matters. He cares about the elderly drunkard living alone and has a crush on the local widow, Erina, often taking care of her son. However, Elena chose to take her son to work in the city, and the motor of the speedboat was stolen, making it unable to function properly. The existence and meaning of his life were disrupted... The director of the film won the Best Director award at the 71st Venice Film Festival.[Collapse]
