A woman travels to a remote prison to track down her incarcerated husband in this Cannes Palme d'Or-nominated drama from...
A woman travels to a remote prison to track down her incarcerated husband in this Cannes Palme d'Or-nominated drama from Sergei Loznitza. Loosely inspired by Dostoyevsky’s short story of the same name.
A woman lives in a small village in Russia. One day she receives the parcel she sent to her husband, serving a sentence in prison. Confused and angered, she sets out to find why her package was returned to sender.
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74 %34 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
58 %56 reviewsAudience score rating
"A captivating, hallucinatory plunge into Russia's atrophied civil society, in which a woman's search for answers is rewarded with humiliation and abuse."
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Variety
Variety"Loznitsa's construction of this world apart - which is, of course, a grotesque allegory for Russia itself - is as immersive as it is unnerving."
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The Telegraph
The Telegraph"It certainly provides a convulsive, if not cathartic kind of horror."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"The film never regains its delicate balance between women's drama and parable of nationhood; but it remains a fascinating failure."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"When she realises that her odyssey is pointless and that there are far more pressing concerns in Mother Russia than a missing prisoner, Loznitsa takes a bold stylistic U-turn before unloading a final shotgun cartridge to the face in a silly coda."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"A Gentle Creature is not what one might call a fun watch. But it's also obviously not just horror for horror's sake."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterA Gentle Creature | Details
- Runtime
- 143
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- France
