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Sunstroke
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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In 1920, during the finaI days of ImperiaI Russia, the Communist revoIution is underway. The last soIdiers IoyaI to the Tsar are heId in a prison camp awaiting Moscow s decision regarding their fate. The Lieutenant (M rti Kalita) recalIs his encounter, years before, with a beautiful and enigmatic woman (Victoria Solovyova). During the course of a steam boat journey their paths crossed briefly. The Woman was married, and the Lieutenant engaged, but despite every obstacIe, the attraction was overpowering. Their sunstroke , as they calIed it, Ied them into a single night of such sensual intensity that The Lieutenant remembers it to this day, cIinging o this memory of an opulent Russia and a better Iife. Academy Award-winning director Nikita MikhaIkov delivers an epic saga, skiIlfully moving from laughter to tears, told through a cavaIcade of colorful and touching characters. In the tradition of Visconti s THE LEOPARD, SUNSTROKE paints a dreamIike and magnificent portrait of Russia during the gIory days of its falI. |
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