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Dominican Rep. The Thief
- Original title
- Voraka
- AKA
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- Bop
- The Thief
- Year
- 1997
- Running time
- 97 min.
- Country
Russia- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Vladimir Mashkov- Mikhail Filipchuk
- Yekaterina Rednikova
- Dima Chigaryov
- Yury Belyayev
- Amaliya Mordvinova
- Anna Shtukaturova
- Anatoliy Koshcheev
- Lidiya Savchenko
- Ervand Arzumanyan
- Natalya Pozdnyakova
- Galina Petrova
- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production Russia-France;
- Genre
- Drama | 1950s. Childhood
- Synopsis
- In 1946, a soldier fathers a child then dies before its birth. Jump to 1952: on a train, the child and his mother meet a handsome soldier who makes a play for her. She accepts. Posing as a married family, the soldier finds them a rooming house where he becomes everyone's favorite through his good looks and generosity. Meanwhile he gives the boy, Sanya, lessons in life: to fight back, to win at all costs. The child's mother, Katya, is head-over-heels in love with Tolyan, the soldier, but the relationship becomes rocky when Tolyan's true plans for the rooming house become clear. It starts them on a treadmill of flight that risks Katya's life, Tolyan's liberty, and Sanya's trust.
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- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1997: Nominated for Oscar: Best Foreign Language Picture1997: Nominated for Golden Globe: Best Foreign Language Picture1997: Venice: International Award from Youth Jury. 4 Nominations1997: Nominated for Goya: Best European Movie1997: European Film Awards: Nominated for Best Film1997: David di Donatello Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Film
- Critics' reviews
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"Intimate and epic, possessed of lyrical beauty and suffused with that mixture of warmth, suffering and rueful humor so characteristic of Russian films.
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"There is more to this picture than just an affecting story; for those who care to look, there's plenty of symbolism."
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"[Stealing] the show is the eight-year-old Philipchuk, whose wide eyes register awe, puzzlement and misery with a conviction not seen since Salvatore Cascio in Cinema Paradiso.
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