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V avguste 44-go (2001)
An international movie
Being a Russian, which means that I was raised on epic WWII movies a lot of which I came to simply love for many reasons besides great acting and plot, I have to admit that this one became my favorite.
As you must have read from other comments, this movie has nothing to do with what most people expect from war movie: no propaganda, no superheros, no battle scenes. In fact the war makes just an environmental case here.
The movie is all about characters and the plot that keeps you tense to the end.
IMO these factors make it a fairly international movie.
Taras Bulba (2009)
Awful awwwwful!!
Absolute crap!
A mock on a great drama, as if it was in directors intentions to spit in Gogol's and viewers' faces.
When the third dying person begins another tirade on how much he loves his country (which has no relation to what Gogol wrote and even never was true since cossacks have always been the free people) you start to expect American flag to wave on the background.
I can't believe that this piece of dogsh.. is made by director of the classic "Sobachye Serdtse".
I don't want to believe!