The Return
A stunning psychological thriller
Fables and fairy tales (ones that haven't been Disneyfied) are often very dark and dreamlike. The universe runs on strange rules that are often capricious and dangerous. Our protagonist Ivan (Ivan Dobronravov) is a petulant child of 10 who is magnetically drawn to his older brother's (Vladimir Garin) circle of friends. Standing in for capricious universal rules is father (Konstantin Lavronenko), who had left them years ago, and who mysteriously returns one morning. The cinematography by Mikhail Kritchman is outstanding; it is beautiful, evocative, and meaningful. The Return transcends plot and emotion and aims for a part of the human mind that's still developing when we are children. It's a part of us that's deeper than emotion or action, or even reason. Source: Marty Mapes, Movie Habit.
The Return
Fri October 8, 2004, 7:00 & 9:15, Muenzinger Auditorium
Russia, 2003, in Russian, Color, 105 min, not rated • official site
Tickets
10 films for $60 with punch card
$9 general admission.
$7 w/UCB student ID,
$7 for senior citizens
$1 discount to anyone with a bike helmet
Free on your birthday! CU Cinema Studies students get in free.
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Pay lot 360 (now only $1/hour!), across from the buffalo statue and next to the
Duane Physics tower, is closest to Muenzinger. Free parking can be found after 5pm at the meters
along Colorado Ave east of Folsom stadium and along University Ave west of Macky.
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