25-year-old Sibel lives with her father and sister in a secluded village in the mountains of Turkey's Black Sea region. Sibel is a mute, but she communicates by using the ancestral whistled language of the area. Rejected by her fellow villagers, she relentlessly hunts down a wolf that is said to be prowling in the neighbouring forest, sparking off fears and fantasies among the village women. There she crosses path with a fugitive. Injured, threatening and vulnerable, he is the first one to take a fresh look at her.
本片改编自德国作家雷马克的同名小说，围绕一名在一战中的普通德国士兵保罗·鲍曼（理查德·托马斯 Richard Thomas饰），作为整个西线残酷战争中的小小缩影。战争的残酷性和毁灭性使他的英雄主义彻底破灭。保罗从迷恋战争到目睹战争后的心灰意冷，他才意识到战争的恐怖及其对人性的摧残。尾声，死一般沉寂的前线出现了鸟鸣，保罗循声而找。突然一句战地报告打破了这短暂的宁静与和谐，影片在“西部前线一切平静”中结束。 本部由美国导演德尔伯特·曼于1979年翻拍的电视版本《西线无战事》，在当年电视艾美奖上获得多项提名，并荣获金球奖最佳电视电影。1930年拍摄的版本已成为反战题材的经典之作，本作虽在艺术创新性上不如旧作，但导演仍以沉重的笔触和纯熟的手法，道尽战争的荒谬无情。
Meek farmhand Sasha and policeman Dima have a fraught relationship. They’re brothers-in-law, travel companions, and—secretly—lovers. Over the course of their journey to visit Sasha’s grandmother, unspoken truths are uttered, intimacy is built, and authenticity is challenged. Although they may be far from the peering eyes of their oppressive society, their relationship teeters on a dangerous precipice. Selected and supported by the IFP Filmmaker Lab and destined to evoke both the breathtaking landscapes of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN and the tragedy of a Dostoevsky novel, Viatcheslav Kopturevskiy’s auspicious debut drama is an elliptical and much-needed examination of internalized homophobia, repression, and identity in a remote Siberian town.
