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Movie Description
THE CUCKOO, from Russian director Alexander Rogozhkin, is about the friendship between three people from different countries at the end of World War II. Veiko (Ville Haapasalo), a Finn; Anni (Anni-Kristiina Juuso), a Lapp; and Ivan (Victor Bychkov), a Russian; come together, and although they are unable to speak each other's languages, they manage to communicate peace and understanding to one another.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital Stereo - English
Theatrical Release: JULY 11, 2003 (NY/LA)
Industry Reviews
"...THE CUCKOO is a stirring action movie....THE CUCKOO is about the primal desire to connect and the possibility that peace is a more powerful instinct than war..."
Entertainment Weekly - Lisa Schwarzbaum (07/18/2003)
"...THE CUCKOO is a rare bird indeed -- a disarming, appealingly modest discovery, beautifully shot, nicely performed..."
Los Angeles Times - Manohla Dargis (07/11/2003)
"...A gentle fable....A captivating curio..."
Total Film - Neil Smith (12/01/2003)
"[T]he film is gradually revealed to be a sophisticated parable about nationality and gender, war and humanity, time and place..."
Sight and Sound - Julian Graffy (12/31/2003)
"Rogozhkin generates taut drama simply out of the combustible characters themselves."
Uncut - Leslie Felperin (12/01/2003)
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