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2019 · 134 min · NR

Beanpole

Directed by Kantemir Balagov · Drama, War

Beanpole (2019) is a Drama film, directed by Kantemir Balagov set in Saint Petersburg during the 1940s. It runs 134 minutes and is rated NR.

Themes of war's cost, grief & loss, and friendship run throughout.

Composer
Evgueni Galperine
Cinematography
Ksenia Sereda
Cast
Viktoriya MiroshnichenkoVasilisa PerelyginaKonstantin BalakirevKseniya KutepovaOlga DragunovaAndrey BykovIgor ShirokovTimofey Glazkov

The world of this film

Setting

Where
Saint Petersburg
Setting
Urban
When
1940s

Premise & themes

Themes
War's CostGrief & LossFriendship
Tone
BleakMelancholic

Shape

Protagonist
Two HanderFemale Led
Pacing
Slow Burn
Based on
Historical Fiction

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