An original story told by Uncle Igor, a son of Russian aristocrats, and his nine year old grandson Tonda. A powerful story of complicated times around 1968, a story full of contrasts: Whether it is the relation between what Grandpa's plentiful life entails and Tonda's imminent children's presence, or between poetry and fine humor and dramatic situations of military occupation. Or generally between everyday worries of a person and the pressure of great history. On grandpa's life story, mapping a big part of the 20th century traumas, one can see how much an individual's fate depends on the movement and changes of history. And how much one can defy it and maintain inner firmness and integrity. Or perhaps just dear life.

Around the Bend
2004
5.9/10

The Tender Bar
2021
6.5/10

This Boy's Life
1993
7.1/10

Anemone
2025
5.8/10

Uncle Frank
2020
7.3/10

My Own Private Idaho
1991
7.0/10

The Etruscan Smile
2018
6.3/10

American Pastoral
2016
6.2/10

Oslo
2021
6.6/10

Hands of Stone
2016
6.6/10

The Indian Runner
1991
6.5/10

May December
2023
6.6/10

Bunraku
2010
5.8/10

Mammal
2016
6.3/10

A Bronx Tale
1993
7.9/10

The Young One
1960
7.0/10

The Wanderers
1979
7.0/10

Undertow
2004
6.1/10

Run
1991
6.0/10

The Nest
2020
6.1/10
Withnail & I
1987
7.2/10