UR Int'l Film Series: "How I Ended This Summer (Kak ya provel etim letom)" January 27, 2012

How I Ended This Summer is a gripping survival drama and psychological thriller set in an isolated Siberian weather station. Meteorologists Pavel, an inexperienced but energetic college graduate and Sergei, a grizzled veteran, metaphorically represent the old Russia and the new. When Sergei leaves the station to go fishing, Pavel receives dire news radioed in from home, but he keeps the information to himself.

Deceit and paranoia escalate until it leads, inevitably, to confrontation in this merciless contemplation of the fragile human psyche under siege. The stunning photography creates a work of chilling beauty. The two leads won Best Actor awards at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival.

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