In the Fog

Director: Sergei Loznitsa
Writer: Sergei Loznitsa
Cast: Vladimir Svirski, Vlad Abashin, Sergei Kolesov
Language: Russian
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Festivals: Cannes Film Festival

Synopsis: The story unfolds in German-occupied Belorussia in 1942: a railway worker is wrongly accused of collaborating, and two partisans arrive to take revenge. As the accused tries to prove his innocence, his humanity is put to the test. [Synopsis courtesy of Time Out London.]

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