Film
Compartment No.6 (15)
Dir. Juho Kuosmanen, Finland/Estonia, 2021, 107 mins. Cast. Seidi Haarla, Yuri Borisov, Dinara Drukarova, Julia Aug.
All aboard for this witty, booze-fuelled train journey in a 90s Russian winter which sees two unlikely people forced into close quarters. Finnish archaeology student Laura is travelling to Murmansk to view the region’s mysterious ancient petroglyphs. On an uncomfortable train in the freezing cold, she finds that she must share compartment no 6 with Vadim, boorish and drunk. As they travel across the frozen wastes, they see new sides of one another, and the hostility between them begins to thaw. A genuinely delightful film, performed with appealing sensitivity by its winning young stars. Co-winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes and Finland’s Best International Feature Oscar entry.
All aboard for this witty, booze-fuelled train journey in a 90s Russian winter which sees two unlikely people forced into close quarters. Finnish archaeology student Laura is travelling to Murmansk to view the region’s mysterious ancient petroglyphs. On an uncomfortable train in the freezing cold, she finds that she must share compartment no 6 with Vadim, boorish and drunk. As they travel across the frozen wastes, they see new sides of one another, and the hostility between them begins to thaw. A genuinely delightful film, performed with appealing sensitivity by its winning young stars. Co-winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes and Finland’s Best International Feature Oscar entry.
