Kak nazlo Sibir
Directed by:
Ralf HuettnerCinematography:
Stefan CiupekCast:
Joachim Król, Katja Riemann, Armin Rohde, Michael Degen, Zoya Yuryevna Buryak, Anna Lutseva, Yuliya Men, Vladimir Burlakov, Andrey Sharkov (more)Plots(1)
Matthias Bleuel is a logistics expert from Germany. Since his divorce he is living life without any joy. Things change when his boss sends him off to Siberia where he learns that there is another way-of-life than the one he has been living. The shy logistician of a German mail order company, Matthias Bleuel, is sent to Kemerovo in Siberia from his Russia - sentimental boss to accomplish a German work flow system in the Russian subsidiary company. He says yes simply because he is too weak to say no. Siberia, of all places! Equipped with down coat and pepper spray Bleuel expects to face danger, snow and ice. But in the mystic summer landscape he soon falls in love with traditional singer Sajana and can't recognise himself any more. The donnish logistician becomes a hotspur who believes in ghosts! Stumbling at first, but more and more self confident he moves into a new world and puts everything on risk to win the love of Sajana - and to say goodbye to former Matthias Bleuel. (official distributor synopsis)
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This film combines German meticulousness and Russian phlegm. That doesn’t fit together and never will. That’s why there is quite a lot of conflicts in this film, which creates the comedic part of it. However, the film in itself is interesting from a different perspective. The best part are the beautiful shots from Siberia. They were really flawless, and the cameraman put a lot of care into them. My issue was with the people. Mostly with the German who was pretty good at portraying the German nature (order, precision and seriousness) and also with the Russians (exaggerated frivolity, booze, more booze and helplessness in the middle of housing development). I would choose the best of both nations, that is, the German emphasis on responsibility and the Russian friendship, and I would combine it into a perfect person, but that will never happen. That’s why I have no choice but to keep watching the beautiful shots of sunny summer Siberia in this movie.
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