Aleksei Samoryadov

In this extraordinary epic, Peter Lutsik creates an astounding chronicle of a country in violent transformation and vividly reveals Russia as alternately corrupt, melancholy, dogmatic, romantic, and spiritual. (Facets Multimedia)

A tragic story of love and crime. Andreï a young script writer ruins his life to organize the escape of the prison colony of Tania, his ex-girl-friend who is serving a sentence for a crime she never comitted. In search of enough money to make a life for himself, Andreï launches himself into a seriesof crimes that leaves him with a guilty conscience. (festival-cannes.fr)

A young doctor relocates to a remote region of central Asia, thinking his fiancee soon will join him ... (imdb)