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14 November 2009 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

In this vivid, visually striking film, the naive 22-year-old Asa returns to the steppes of Kazakhstan from service as a rating with the Russian pacific fleet. He's full of tall tales and determined to find a wife and put together his own flock of sheep, but neither aim, he discovers, is easily attained. The movie belongs to the tradition of staged ethnographic features that began in the silent era with Robert Flaherty's Nanook of the North and the Cooper-Schoedsack Grass. The difference is that here the chief parts are played by actors, though you wouldn't have guessed it.

Philip French

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26 October 2009 8:14 AM, PDT | IndieWIRE | See recent indieWIRE news »

To Save and Project: The Seventh MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation is currently underway at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Dedicated to showcasing recently restored films, this year’s edition includes screenings of over 25 works, including a week-long run of John Cassavetes’ “A Woman Under the Influence,” recent restorations of Robert Flaherty’s “Nanook of the North” and Frank Capra’s “Forbidden,” and more. “In retrospect, ‘A Woman … »

2 articles from 2009