The read
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives an unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the future.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes63%
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
172 audience votes
Key crew
- Pavel LunginWriter
- Pavel LunginDirector
- Dmitry SobolevWriter
Cast
- Pyotr MamonovFather Anatoli
- Viktor SukhorukovFather Filaret
- Yuriy KuznetsovTikhon Petrovich, admiral
- Dmitriy DyuzhevFather Iov
- Viktoriya IsakovaNastya
- Aleksey Zelenskyyoung Tikhon
- Timofey Tribuntsevyoung Anatoli
- Nina Usatovawidow
- Yana Esipovichgirl
- Olga DemidovaCast
- Sergey BurunovCast
- Svetlana ObidinaCast
Stills
Themes
monkmiraclerussian orthodox churchsaintorthodoxsaintsorthodox christianitysainthoodmiraclesorthodox church