"STUNNING...
...renews the grand tradition of Russian cinematic
mysticism epitomized by Andrei Tarkovsky."
– Dave Kehr, THE NEW YORK TIMES
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"BRILLIANT...A STUNNING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER!
One of those great unnerving movies that lingers
in the mind long after the lights come up. Rating: A."
– Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
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"A LUMINOUSLY BEAUTIFUL AND
ENIGMATIC DEBUT FEATURE."
– Leslie Camhi, THE NEW YORK TIMES
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"COMPELLING! A masterful piece of cinema...
the film goes to a deeper, more profoundly emotional place than its surface gifts would necessarily predict."
– Kenneth Turan, LA Times
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WORLD CINEMA
– By Scarlet Cheng, Special to the LA TIMES
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"Spare and austere in its painterly beauty....
this sublimely enigmatic picture seethes
with tumultuous inner life."
-Ella Taylor, LA Weekly
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"A STARTLING DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
RIVETING..."
– Deborah Young, VARIETY
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"RIVETING TO WATCH....
Does everything a Hollywood picture doesn't...
Art houses will love this remarkably controlled debut"
– Dan Fanairu, SCREEN INTERNATIONAL
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