After prevailing over Eat Drink Man Woman, Before the Rain, Farinelli, and Strawberry and Chocolate for Best Foreign Film, the Sun rises on video. Writer/director Nikita Mikhalkov also stars as a former hero of the Russian Revolution whose idyllic life in the country is shattered by the arrival of his wife's former lover, whose visit signals an ominous shift in the political winds. The radiant young girl who portrays Mikhalkov's adoring child is his real daughter. (D. Liebenson)[DVD Review--July 15, 2003--Columbia TriStar, 134 min., in Russian w/English subtitles, R, $29.95--Released in a bare bones edition (with three trailers for other Columbia foreign titles), the Oscar-winning Burnt By the Sun holds up reasonably well nearly a decade later. Although some dirt and scratches are evident on the widescreen transfer, this is a solid, nicely saturated transfer, overall. Bottom line: a sure thing for extensive foreign film collections and those collecting award-winners.]
Burnt By The Sun
(Columbia TriStar, 134 min., R, in Russian w/English subtitles) Vol. 11, Issue 1
Burnt By The Sun
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