A woman lives alone on the outskirts of a village in Russia. One day she receives a parcel she sent to her incarcerated husband, marked 'return to sender'. Shocked and confused, the woman has no choice but to travel to the prison in a remote region of the country in search of an explanation. So begins the story of a battle against this impenetrable fortress, the prison where the forces of social evil are constantly at work. Braving violence and humiliation, in the face of all... (Full plot summary below)
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A woman lives alone on the outskirts of a village in Russia. One day she receives a parcel she sent to her incarcerated husband, marked 'return to sender'. Shocked and confused, the woman has no choice but to travel to the prison in a remote region of the country in search of an explanation. So begins the story of a battle against this impenetrable fortress, the prison where the forces of social evil are constantly at work. Braving violence and humiliation, in the face of all opposition, our protagonist embarks on a blind quest for justice.
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| Caimán Cuadernos de CineÀngel QuintanaThere's a certain visual style and sound, but so much miserableness ends up turning the film into a real nightmare. [Full review in Spanish] |
| Little White LiesDavid JenkinsWhen she realises that her odyssey is pointless and that there are far more pressing concerns in Mother Russia than a missing prisoner, Loznitsa takes a bold stylistic U-turn before unloading a final shotgun cartridge to the face in a silly coda. |
| Caimán Cuadernos de CineCarlos F. HerederoThe film is a limbo of dissatisfaction that it costs a lot of work to decipher if you don't have the keys to do it. [Full review in Spanish] |
| The PlaylistNikola Grozdanovic"A Gentle Creature" ultimately stands as a devilishly symphonic piece of art that transcends cinema and politics to nestle itself in the back of your mind forever. |
| Screen InternationalLee MarshallThe film never regains its delicate balance between women's drama and parable of nationhood; but it remains a fascinating failure. |
| CineVueMaximilian Von Thun[A Gentle Creature] is a wonderfully strange and thought-provoking cinematic experience. |
| Radio TimesDavid ParkinsonPutting a Grimm slant on a Dostoevskian fable, Sergei Loznitsa exposes the Russian soul to pitiless scrutiny in this gruelling odyssey. |
| Independent (UK)Geoffrey MacnabA Gentle Creature has a warped, nightmarish-like feel anyway. |
| Time OutTrevor JohnstonLeading man Neumann is a find in his screen debut, with the looks of 'Liberty Valance'-era Lee Van Cleef. |
| The ListAllan HunterA bleak, angry epic painting a despairing state-of-the-nation portrait of a Russia that feels more like a lawless frontier state than a modern nation. |
