A Russian Literature professor at the University of Havana is ordered to work as a translator for child victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster when they are sent to Cuba for medical treatment.... (Full plot summary below)
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A Russian Literature professor at the University of Havana is ordered to work as a translator for child victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster when they are sent to Cuba for medical treatment.
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| Film ThreatTiffany TchobanianWe sympathize with him despite his familial transgressions. Each Russian child's plight is captivating and harrowing. The Barriuso brothers succeed in creating a film that is equally heartbreaking and inspiring. |
| VarietyDennis HarveySiblings Rodrigo and Sebastian Barriuso's first feature feels maudlin and contrived, even though it's based on their own father's experience ... |
| User ReviewColette LA beautiful movie, that is still haunting me several days after I saw it. The scene with the main character reading aloud the poem of a Russian boy about the beauty of the light of the Chernobyl explosion was especially moving. |
