Ostrov (The Island), NTSC version with English subtitles (2006)
by Pavel Lungin
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Actor: Dmitri Dyuzhev, Pyotr Mamonov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Viktoriya Isakova, Yana YesipovichDirector: Pavel Lungin
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: Russian (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Russian (Subtitled); Russian (Original Language)
Format: Import, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Running Time: 112 minutes
Published: 2006
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: VOX - Video
Product features:
- - English subtitles
- - Anamorphic Widescreen
DVD Reviews of Ostrov (The Island), NTSC version with English subtitles (2006)
DVD Review: Loved it!!
Summary: 5 Stars
No exploding planes, no car crashes... just the kind of movie most people will never see. This movie is for the deeply Christian at heart. To all others, it will likely seem strange and bizarre. Very revealing movie about the life of a Russian mystic, and Divine Providence. DVD Review: GREATEST!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the best movie ever given birth! A celluloid miracle for which everyone should strive to view and become a part of.(Should our Loving God grant such Grace!)
I stand humbled for having experienced "OSTROV".
DVD Review: it doesnt get better than this
Summary: 5 Stars
Like many reviewers here, I find that words can but inadequately describe, let alone praise, the beauty of this film, a film that engenders unquenchable joy at life and its limitless possibilities. A film of exquisite agony and restraint, desolation and power; it is as surely a film that could come only out of the enormous spiritual canvas that is Russia as it is a tale that writes the deepest human motives with unbearable ease and simplicity. The performances astonish, most particularly Pyotr Mamonov's Father Anatoly. Lungin's breathtaking, heartbreaking direction defines the art of cinema's immense responsibilities so rarely met; visually wrought like a painting, this is art as spiritual food. It just doesnt get any better than this. Tolstoy's vision of a redemptive art is moved to a consummate plateau here. What a gift for our desperate times, for all time. DVD Review: The Only True Orthodox Film, Ever
Summary: 5 Stars
This isn't a film that "features" Orthodoxy, it isn't a film that has Orthodoxy as part of the plot. It is Orthodoxy, in a sense. Many of the deeper messages won't be understood by non-Orthodox. They may interpret scenes (like the first miracle, with the pregnant woman) as him "intuiting" or "guessing" the woman's predicament. Clairvoyance is some sort of hoodoo magic in the West. The idea of theosis being lost in the West, a non-Orthodox viewer won't understand what actually happens. And the beauty of this film is that the Orthodoxy is so seemlesly interwoven into the general story-line that it truly is an Orthodox film, not a film *about* Orthodoxy or *featuring* an Orthodox character.
And the shots, the cinematography . . . not genius, but as close as you're going to get in any film. A truly brilliant film, just as a film, that is also truly Orthodox. A fool for Christ as the central character - only out of Russia would you be able to get a film like this. I cannot recommend it enough. But for any non-Orthodox viewer, try to have an Orthodox Christian explain certain aspects of theosis and the idea of fools for Christ before viewing, or as you view, to get the "full" experience of this magnificent, beautiful film.
Personally, upon watching this again, I was nearly crying at every scene - much like I nearly cried with every chapter of the books on Father Arseny.
the sinner,
Patrick
DVD Review: Picture of a Russian Holy Fool
Summary: 5 Stars
Outstanding movie portraying the traditional "iurodivyi"--Holy Fool. Beautifully filmed, with several intertwined themes. Both moving and disturbing, it has stayed with me for days. I give it the highest rating.
Description of Ostrov (The Island), NTSC version with English subtitles (2006)
ENGLISH subtitled DVD !!! Import, NTSC (USA & Canada), ALL region, Anamorphic Widescreen. AUDIO OPTIONS: DD 2.0 Stereo, DD 5.1 & DTS RUSSIAN. Original Russian artwork.............................................................. SYNOPSIS: Winner of 5 Nika Awards (Russian Oscars) including Best Film. Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives a very unusual man. His fellow-monks are confused by his bizarre conduct. Those who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the future. However, he considers himself unworthy because of a sin he committed in his youth. The film is a parable, combining the realities of Russian everyday life with monastic ritual and routine.European Cinema DVDs
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