Saturday, April 4, 2009

Dersu


Directors: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Yuri Solomin, Maxim Munzik
Year: 1975

A Russian army explorer who is rescued in Siberia by a rugged Asiatic hunter renews his friendship with the woodsman years later when he returns at the head of a larger expedition. The hunter finds that all his nature lore is of no help when he accompanies the explorer back to civilization.

Comments: beautifully shot. Poetic, nostalgic view of nature and human nature. Very contemplative set in the circle of seasons in a remote place. Based on a memoir by eminent Russian explorer Vladimir Klavdievich Arseniev.

Recommended.

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