A moody film about two half-sisters on the run from gangsters. A lot of it is established by the two beautiful young, but almost continuously sad looking sisters, the so(m)ber landscapes and a lot of old and rather monotonous (which is a good thing in this case) Russian poprock ('80s band Kino). There's a lot said with not so many words about the girls, their uncertain futures and also about the situation in their area (Russia).
At times the film develops as simple and straight forward as a teen film (a little too much so in my opinion, for instance when the good guys come in at such a convenient time at the end and kill the bad guys), but as implied before, overall not a happy or naive one. There's some intense violence in it, which certainly makes this unsuitable for children, but that also makes it a fairly honest and unflinching portrayal of one of the bleaker parts of the world.
The acting is just fine, even though a lot of the time there's no telling what goes on inside their minds - which seems appropriate for the characters.
A big 7 out of 10.
At times the film develops as simple and straight forward as a teen film (a little too much so in my opinion, for instance when the good guys come in at such a convenient time at the end and kill the bad guys), but as implied before, overall not a happy or naive one. There's some intense violence in it, which certainly makes this unsuitable for children, but that also makes it a fairly honest and unflinching portrayal of one of the bleaker parts of the world.
The acting is just fine, even though a lot of the time there's no telling what goes on inside their minds - which seems appropriate for the characters.
A big 7 out of 10.