Synopsis
A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger than life Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of Compartment No. 6 to face major truths about human connection.
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Cast
- Seidi HaarlaLaura
- Yuriy BorisovLyokha
- Dinara DrukarovaIrina
- Yuliya AugTrain Conductor
- Lidiya KostinaLyokha's Foster Mother
- Tomi AlataloSaska
- Viktor ChuprovTrain Waiter
- Sergey AgafonovMan in the Dining Car
- Nadezhda KulakovaWoman in the Dining Car
- Denis PyanovMan at the Phone Booth
Recommendations
- 80
The Guardian
Despite the bone-chilling cold of its location in Murmansk in Russia’s remote north-west, there’s a wonderful human warmth and humour in this offbeat romantic story of strangers on a train. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
As dour as it often seems with its reek of stale booze and cigarette smoke, there’s joy here for patient audiences willing to find it, and to forego the easy consolations of a more conventional outcome. - 80
Variety
The humdrum and heartswelling Compartment No. 6 evokes a powerful nostalgia for a type of loneliness we don’t really have any more, and for the type of love that was its cure. - 80
Time Out
The performances, the writing and the direction all conspire to make it feel fresh and specific, and as bleak as the settings may be, it has a delicious black comic streak and shares the buzz of personal re-awakening without ever feeling obvious or cheap. It turns out to be a beacon of warmth amid a frozen wasteland. - 75
The Playlist
Compartment No.6 is at its best when it unveils the gap between its characters’ true identities and the parts that they choose to play. - 74
TheWrap
It requires, and ultimately rewards, patience. - 70
Screen Daily
Compartment No. 6 is something of a minimalist shaggy dog story, ending on a bittersweet low-key note. - 58
The Film Stage
Kuosmanen has crafted a drama within a clearly defined moment in recent history, only to refuse to be tied to it. This approach to period storytelling proves far more intriguing than the romantic drama within this setting.
