Synopsis
The film represents life in a godforsaken Russian village. The only way to reach the mainland is to cross the lake by boat and a postman became the only connection with the outside world. A reserved community has been set up here. Despite the modern technologies and a spaceport nearby the people of the village live the way they would in the Neolithic Era. There is neither government nor social services or jobs. The postman's beloved woman escapes the village life and moves to the city. Postman's outboard engine gets stolen and he can no longer deliver mail. His normal pattern of life is disrupted. The postman makes a decision to leave for the city too but returns before long with no certain reason. The script is based on real characters' stories. People from the village play their own parts in the film. The search for the protagonist lasted for over a year.
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Cast
- Timur BondarenkoTimur
- Irina ErmolovaIrina
- Aleksey TryapitsynLyokha
- Viktor KolobkovKolobok
- Viktor BerezinVitya
- Tatyana SilichTatyana
- Valentina AnaninaValentina
- Lyubov SkorinaLyubov Pavlovna
- Alexandr Molchanovgeneral
- Viktor Babichcolonel
Recommendations
- 100
The Hollywood Reporter
Blending fiction with documentary and exquisite film craft with playful improvisational freedom, Andrei Konchalovsky delivers what might be the most captivating screen work of his post-Hollywood career with The Postman's White Nights. - 100
The Playlist
If it presents an accurate picture of this reality, then it feels like it’s a reality that is unstable, so far cut off from the mainstream of life that it has begun to fray into the surreal and the magic at the edges. - 80
CineVue
With The Postman's White Nights, Konchalovsky offers up an intimate and moving pastoral. - 60
Variety
Some stunning shots and a likable protag can’t cover up the story’s shallowness.
