The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
Tells the story of five people from the last generation of Soviet children who were brought up behind the Iron Curtain. Just coming of age when the USSR collapsed, they witnessed the world of their childhood crumble and change beyond recognition. Through the lives of these former schoolmates, this intimate film reveals how they have adjusted to their post-Soviet reality in today's Moscow.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic90/100
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
14 audience votes
Key crew
- Robin HessmanDirector
Themes
uniformsoviet unioncoup d'etattanklittle boychildhoodbell ringingperestroikamikhail gorbachevyoung pioneerfirst day of schoolrussian history