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Compartment Number 6

Fri, Feb 18 / 7pm
Sat, Feb 19 / 3pm & 9:10pm
Sun, Feb 20 / 5:40pm
Wed, Feb 23 / 7pm
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Sat, Feb 26 / 4:30 & 9:25pm
Sun, Feb 27 / 6:10pm
Wed, Mar 2 / 7pm
Directed by Juho Kuosmanen
2021, Finland, 107 min
Finnish & Russian w/ English subtitles

Laura (Seidi Haarla), a Finnish archaeologist, is excited to be taking the multi-day train journey from Moscow to Murmansk in the far north, not only to view its petroglyphs, but to share the experience with her Russian girlfriend, Irina (Dinara Drukarova). But Irina calls it off, so instead Laura finds herself sharing her sleeper compartment with a vodka-swilling skinhead, Ljoha (Yuriy Borisov), a boorish young man whose reach far exceeds his charm. The conductor is equally unsympathetic and there are no alternate berths, so Laura’s in for a long haul. Yet as the stations click by, the pair forge an uneasy truce, and even begin to trust. – VIFF

Reviews

shares the buzz of personal re-awakening without ever feeling obvious or cheap. It turns out to be a beacon of warmth amid a frozen wasteland.
- Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Kuosmanen has a gift for the understated. His images, even at their most minimal, teem with so much: hushed feelings that reject precision, emotions that crackle with illogical circuitry.
- Annie Geng, Screen Slate
It makes for a take on the love story as fresh, resonant and honest... as you'll find in a contemporary film.
- Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
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Basic Filmmaking Workshop with Amanda Kindzierski

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Human Rights Through Film: Twice Colonized

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