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Garpastum is a Latin word meaning ball game. Set in 1914 in St. Petersburg, the brothers Andrey and... more | add synopsis
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2 wins & 2 nominations more
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Cast

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Yevgeny Pronin ... Andrei
Danila Kozlovsky ... Nikolai
Dmitri Vladimirov ... Shust
Aleksandr Bukovski ... Tolsty (The Fat)
Chulpan Khamatova ... Anitsa
Yuriy Kutsenko ... Aleksandr Blok
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Aleksandr Bykovsky
Ruslan Ibragimov ... Torgash
Yevgeni Kharlanov
Fyodor Lavrov ... Soldier
Leonid Mozgovoy
Pavel Romanov ... Uncle
Iamze Sukhitashvili ... Vita
Dmitry Vladimirov
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Гарпастум (Russia)
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116 min | 118 min
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7 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
Russian cinematography at its best, 23 February 2006
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Author: scyrlin from Kyrgyzstan

This is a must see for every one, who enjoys beautiful cinematography in combination with winning actor performances, and masterful plot with unexpected turns and twists. It makes you cry, it makes you laugh, it makes you envy what is on the screen - it makes you feel. "Garpastum" is a film Hollywood would never have the guts nor brains to make, ever. It is not even European cinema. It is a film that has a vast niche of its own that stayed abandoned for a long time - a niche that was first created by Russian geniuses of cinematography such as Fromm and Tarkovskiy. It's Russian cinema and it comes just in time to save Russia's fall from grace with its 'Nochnoy Dozor' and the likes that follow in the steps of Hollywood. Turn back, turn back from that path before it's too late! "Garpastum" makes that turn.

Russian cinematography's triumphant return! 10/10

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