Unclenching the Fists

Name: Unclenching the Fists
Genre: Drama
Released: 2021-09-25
Duration: 1 h 37 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Milana Aguzarova, Alik Karaev, Soslan Khugaev

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Drama

In a former mining town in North Ossetia, a young woman struggles to escape the stifling hold of the family she loves as much as she rejects.In a former mining town in North Ossetia, a young woman struggles to escape the stifling hold of the family she loves as much as she rejects.In a former mining town in North Ossetia, a young woman struggles to escape the stifling hold of the family she loves as much as she rejects.

6.8/10

414

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Awards
- 4 wins & 5 nominations

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The small North Ossetian mining town Mizur is clamped between sheer cliffs. Zaur moved his family here after the tragic events. He brings up sons and a daughter strictly, not knowing the boundaries between paternal care and overprotection. The eldest son Akim has already fled to the nearest large city Rostov to work. The youngest, Dakko, has not yet fully realized what he wants from life, and the daughter Ada is actively making plans to escape. —Bazza the Beast

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Trivia
Official submission of Russia for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 94th Academy Awards in 2022.

Connections
Featured in Radio Dolin: Cannes 2021. Musical Annette, new Paul Verhoeven and Unprecedented Success of Russian Cinema (2021)

Top review

Good But

Russia's official submission to 2022's Oscars is good but could've been better. It's simple, authentic and emotional but also emotionless at the same time. It tackles powerful topics like trauma and toxic family but it lacks a suitable story development. It just drags and drags and feels like it's missing something, perhaps it needs some more depth. Lead performance is excellent.

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