Kantemir Balagov directs Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina and Andrey Bykov in this Russian drama follow the entangled lives of two female friends in post-war Leningrad.

Drip feed storytelling and mysterious colour coding. Goes to some achingly dark yet pragmatic places. A very good art house film but not a rewatchable.

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Perfect Double Bill: Lore (2012)

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