Based on the Nicolai Lilin book, the movie is the story of two friends growing up inside a syberian criminal clan. Kolyma and Gagarin, friends from childhood, rise guided by grandfather Kuzya in the strong "honest criminal" code of their community. Their bond is so strong that Gagarin takes a 7 year prison sentence to save his friend; when he returns home, strongly changed and estranged from his roots,they try to bond again but their differences arise until they clash upon the love for the beautiful and child-minded Xenia.
The strange (and real) syberian criminal code is at the core of the movie and a reason alone to see the movie; but every bit of the story is well managed: very good acted and masterfully directed by Gabriele Salvatores, with a beautiful cinematography and a very "narrative" soundtrack.
Educazione Siberiana is a little masterpiece in modern movie-making that uses the usual "criminal action" tropes (from the code of honor to car chases and special forces operations) in a very personal way, to create a compelling, engaging and emotional story of education, friendship and impossible love.
The strange (and real) syberian criminal code is at the core of the movie and a reason alone to see the movie; but every bit of the story is well managed: very good acted and masterfully directed by Gabriele Salvatores, with a beautiful cinematography and a very "narrative" soundtrack.
Educazione Siberiana is a little masterpiece in modern movie-making that uses the usual "criminal action" tropes (from the code of honor to car chases and special forces operations) in a very personal way, to create a compelling, engaging and emotional story of education, friendship and impossible love.