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1990 Soviet Union film
The Second Circle
Directed byAlexander Sokurov
Written byYuri Arabov
StarringPyotr Aleksandrov
Nadezhda Rodnova
Tamara Timofeeva
CinematographyAleksandr Burov
Edited byRaisa Lisova
Release dates
  • 1990 (1990) (Soviet Union)
  • October 25, 1991 (1991-10-25) (Netherlands)
  • January 2, 1992 (1992-01-02) (New York City, New York)
Running time92 min
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

The Second Circle (Russian: Круг второй) is a 1990 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Sokurov that tells the story of a young man who tries to deal with his father's death and the difficulties of his burial in a worldly society.

Reception

Slant said of the film: "Meditative, exasperating, and sublime, The Second Circle locates the painful grace of being finally free to gaze deeply into the eyes of the dead father and move on with life and art."

References

  1. Croce, Fernando F. (2006-04-03). "Review: The Second Circle". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2023-06-19.

External links

Films directed by Alexander Sokurov
Fiction films
Documentaries
  • Sonata for Viola. Dmitri Shostakovitch
  • Elegy
  • And Nothing More
  • Evening Sacrifice
  • Patience of Labour
  • Maria
  • Moscow Elegy
  • Sonata for Hitler
  • Petersburg Elegy
  • Soviet Elegy
  • To The Events In Transcaucasia
  • A Simple Elegy
  • A Retrospection of Leningrad
  • An Example of Intonation
  • Elegy from Russia
  • Soldier's Dream
  • Spiritual Voices
  • Oriental Elegy
  • Hubert Robert. A Fortunate Life
  • A Humble Life
  • The St. Petersburg Diary: Inauguration of a monument to Dostoevsky
  • The St. Petersburg Diary: Kosintsev's Flat
  • Confession
  • The Dialogues with Solzhenitsyn
  • dolce...
  • Elegy of a Voyage
  • The St. Petersburg Diary: Mozart. Requiem
  • Elegy of a life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya


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