
Quote:<br/> ThisvisuallystunningKazakhmovietellsatragictaleofabsentandmisplacedcompassion.Ayoungorphanrescuesanorphanedwolfcubandlavishesconsiderableaffectiononit.Hisuncle,believingthatthis“softness”willresultintheboy’sbeingunabletoenduretherigorsoflifeontheKazakhsteppes,savagelybeatsthecubinfrontoftheboy.Bythetimethegrownwolfisreleasedintothewild,ithasgrownextremelyferociousanditreturnsandattackstheboy,perhapsbecauseitperceiveshimasbeingweak,justastheboy’suncledid.~ClarkeFountain,Rovi<br/> Quote:<br/> WhenTolomushOkeevpassedawayattheageof66inlate2001,theKirghizFilmStudiowasrenamedinhishonor.Whichisasitshouldbe,becausehewasapowerfullygiftedanddedicatedartistwhoservedhiscountryanditsfilmindustrywell.Okeevwasoneofthegreatestoutdoorfilmmakerswhoeverlived:hedeservesaplacealongsideJeanEpsteinandTerrenceMalick.Anyonecansetupacamerainfrontofamountaintopandgetamajesticimage.ButOkeevfilmedtheKirghizmountainsanddesertswithanintimateknowledgeandthekeenestsensitivity.Theactioninhisfilmsisalwayskeyedtothelandscapeinawaythatappearseffortless,nomatterhowpainstakinglywrought:heknowseverycrack,everycrevice,allthecrueltyandallthebeautyofalifelivedundertheopensky.This1973film,writtenbyAndreiKonchalovsky,maywellbeOkeev’smasterpiece.It’sthestoryofaboywhoraisesawolfcub,andlearnsquicklyaboutsavageryoftheanimalandhumanvariety.NoonebesideBressonhasunderstoodtheessentialcharacterofananimalsowell.Andtherearesequenceshere–apackofwolvesraidingaherdofsheepbynight,awolfhuntonhorseback,andthesnowscapesofthelastsectionofthemovie–thatwillmakeyourhairstandonend.Warning:thefilmscontainsexplicitscenesofviolencetoanimals.<br/> Source:<ahref="https://www.douban.com/link2/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.seagullfilms.com&link2key=ff3a505ae6"target="_blank"rel="nofollow">www.seagullfilms.com<wbr/></a>
