The Postman's White Nights (2014)

The Postman's White Nights (Russian: Белые ночи почтальона Алексея Тряпицына; Belye nochi pochtalona Alekseya Tryapitsyna) is a 2014 Russian drama film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. It tells the story of the people of a remote Russian village, whose main contact with the outside world is a postman. All actors in the film are non-professionals and casting took a year.

It was selected for the In Competition section at the 71st Venice International Film Festival and won the Silver Lion. In September 2014, director Konchalovsky withdrew the film from the list of films being considered for the Russian entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.



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Synopsis

Dans un village reculé de l'Oblast d'Arkhangelsk sur le bord du Lac Kenozero, le facteur est le seul lien entre les habitants et le monde extérieur. Ce lac de Kenozero se situe dans le Parc national Kenozorski situé à 120 km à l'Est du lac Onega.

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