The read
A Balasaur Score of 48 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 20%, Metacritic 32/100. Audiences rate it 33 points higher than critics do. Most of the 6,966 2010s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who gets them into an emergency shelter. While stealing food at a Russian restaurant called ‘Winter Palace’, Clara meets Marc, who has been given the chance to help the old eatery regain its former glory. The ‘Winter Palace’ soon becomes a place of unexpected encounters between people who are all undergoing some sort of crisis and whom fate has now brought together.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 33 points higher than critics do.
128 audience votes
Key crew
- Andrew LockingtonOriginal Music Composer
- Lone ScherfigDirector
- Lone ScherfigWriter
Cast
- Zoe KazanClara
- Andrea RiseboroughAlice
- Tahar RahimMarc
- Caleb Landry JonesJeff
- Jay BaruchelJohn Peter
- Bill NighyTimofey
- David DencikLars
- Jack FultonAnthony
- Will BowesHamilton
- Patricia McKenzieClaire
- Masa LizdekMary
- Gugun Deep SinghSingh
